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we'd still have editor that only support one language properly Emacs supported zillions of languages before LSP. Zoom out.
by octoberfranklin 16d ago
we'd still have editor that only support one language properly
Emacs supported zillions of languages before LSP.
Zoom out.
- pjmlp 16d agoAs someone that got introduced to it in 1996, and was a fan of XEmacs variant, still remembers enough keybindings and Elisp, supported beyond plain syntax highlighting was very much hit and miss, even nowadays.
- shakow 16d agoI have been an emacs user for over a decade now, and if you think that language “support” was as good before LSP, I have a bridge to sell you.
- throwaway7356 16d agoIf the old emacs approach is so much better, why is emacs switching to using LSP?
- rcxdude 16d agoBut the effort to do so was then entirely duplicated for other editors. LSP turns an N*M effort into an N+M effort, the upshot of which being far more complete coverage for both editors and languages.