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> But it was written as just a text editor No it's not. It is really a big REPL optimized for text processing. You compare Emacs to the like of Python, not jus
by tuhdo 12y ago
> But it was written as just a text editor
No it's not. It is really a big REPL optimized for text processing. You compare Emacs to the like of Python, not just some random editor. Unlike other editors that have an optional extension language, if you remove Emacs Lisp, effective you remove Emacs. Even file opening is written in Emacs Lisp.
- wtbob 12y agoDude, I get what you're saying, but you're like a guy who comments on a Facebook picture of a newborn with 'The reason you think he's cute is purely evolutionary.' Yes, of course emacs is a big REPL optimised text processing. But it's optimised for text processing because…it started out as a text editor. The whole point of what I wrote is that emacs started out as a simple text editor (yes, I'm aware that its origin was as text editing macros for TECO) and due to its extensibility it can and has become so much more. Really, I think you got way too hung up on the word 'just.' We both love emacs. We both love having a fully-extensible text editing environment.
- tuhdo 12y agoFair enough :) I just wanted to clarify in case someone read your comments and have a wrong impression that Emacs is a text editor like Vim. Nothing more, nothing less.