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This is the article I wanted to write about Emacs. Bravo. The comparison to a bicycle is a good one. Emacs is the only software I have ever truly loved. People
by globular-toast 3y ago
This is the article I wanted to write about Emacs. Bravo.
The comparison to a bicycle is a good one. Emacs is the only software I have ever truly loved. People throw that word around a lot these days, but I mean it. I love it in the same way I love my bicycle. My bicycle is a machine that I've carefully built and maintained, it's been with me through the years, to various places, in all weathers, good and bad, and, ultimately, it carries me to places. Emacs is the only software that comes close to feeling the same way.
I wonder if the analogy might be lost on people who don't have a bicycle or any machine like it, though.
- aspenmayer 3y agoI think it’s a reference to the Steve Jobs quote about the computer being a bicycle of/for the mind.