I think the question for me would be why should I——or anyone for that matter——use Eclipse or Visual Studio instead. Emacs is not an editor, it's a keyboard lang

I think the question for me would be why should I——or anyone for that matter——use Eclipse or Visual Studio instead. Emacs is not an editor, it's a keyboard language used to modify files and run programs. Further, those are editors where extensions and settings are each a separate feature instead of a natural flow of blended editing, reconfiguration, and extending. With Emacs, the question is never about if some editor feature is available or if it can be scripted together. With Emacs, the first and only question is always How? as Emacs will simply turn into anything if only so told.