Are you referring to emacs, the editor? It seems a bit odd to me that that single issue would be so important, especially considering that Emacs is actually a v

Are you referring to emacs, the editor? It seems a bit odd to me that that single issue would be so important, especially considering that Emacs is actually a very nice editor that many of us use today. I actually know quite a lot of people, myself included, who switched Emacs just so they could use a particular language.