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Well, I mean when you look at some of the incredibly broken tools that we use today, it is a bit ridiculous: 1). Emacs/Vim are the popular hardcore/moddable edi
by batgaijin 14y ago
Well, I mean when you look at some of the incredibly broken tools that we use today, it is a bit ridiculous:
1). Emacs/Vim are the popular hardcore/moddable editors, despite the severe clunkiness/outdated architecture
2). C/C++ has a huge mindshare despite the fact that it severely reduces the impact of the individual programmer
3). Proprietary tools are falling away, but their entrenched closed gardens are remaining for us to take care of
4). OS design has almost stalled
I think big paradigm shifts are coming at much faster rates than anyone wants to admit. If you are looking at the past to predict what comes tomorrow, you are an idiot, at least in the field of computing. I feel like we are standing on the precipice of a hole so scary no one really wants to look down at it.
- m00natic 14y agoOT Emacs clunkiness/outdated architecture...give me a break, minimal core with lisp interpreter on top giving programmable and extensible platform next to none is still what...30 years ahead of anything called "modern".
- batgaijin 14y agoI'm not saying that there is something superior atm, I'm just saying it could be SO much better than what it is today.
- nkuttler 14y agoI have yet to find anything vim can't do that I'd like it to do. Like most critics you only make vague statements. Anyway, the source is out there, if there really was a need for new features somebody would implement them. Hint, hint!