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Why we need another editor? We already have vi, emacs, st, ... Why Atom?

• toxicFork 12y ago
  Why do we need cars when we have horse carriages?
  • afro88 12y ago
    Because they're faster. Atom is slower than Sublime :) But Atom is free, open source, and actively being developed.
    • flyingbeaver 12y ago
      Cars were not faster at the beginning. You don't know if something will eventually become better unless you try hard.
      • taeric 12y ago
        Not really a good analogy, though. There were serious benefits to getting off horses, even if we ignore the speed promise of automobiles. Moving to a text editor that is written in JavaScript doesn't really seem to have much promise of gains in the future. Though, the enthusiasm there is nice and there is no reason to bemoan its existence. Just don't be surprised when the things it can do have already be done in more venerable environments in the past. :)
  • Cthulhu_ 12y ago
    Maybe more like why do we need electric cars when we have petrol engines, maybe? IDK. Maybe we just don't need it, but it's nice to have a different approach / a choice.