> Emacs is actually rather slow. It depends on so many different things. Aside from platform specifics (sure, it can be painfully slow on Windows), Emacs might

> Emacs is actually rather slow. It depends on so many different things. Aside from platform specifics (sure, it can be painfully slow on Windows), Emacs might feel slow for various reasons, but it doesn't have to be. Built-in Profiling tools are godsend and if used properly Emacs can be quite impressively fast. My Emacs starts quickly (in less than a second), and it is very pleasantly snappy.