> 15 years ago and it's been dying the whole time and still is Exactly. Just like Latin has been 'dying' for nearly 2000 years, or since the fall of the Wester

> 15 years ago and it's been dying the whole time and still is Exactly. Just like Latin has been 'dying' for nearly 2000 years, or since the fall of the Western Roman Empire in 476 AD. And while it's long been considered 'dead' language, it continues to influence modern languages and remains a subject of study and use today. Emacs in the same way just refuses to die. Lisp hackers keep improving it and building cool things.