On Thu, 14 Nov 2002, at 6:17pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > As I've said before, I suspect that emacs- and perl-users are actually the > higher life forms ...
I really don't think the choice of tool has much to do with the sophistication of the user. I think it mostly comes down to personal preference, and possibly what one learned first. I will make one generalization, though. Now, this is far from a hard-and-fast rule, but I think it might hold true more often than not. Hypothesis: People who like Emacs seem to want to do all their work within a single, all-encompassing tool, filled with extensions to customize it. People who like vi seem to be more likely to have many xterms open, each with different files, and to look for external, generalized tools rather than editor extensions. Of course, the above might be effect rather than cause; the design of the respective editors would tend to imply those very behaviors. I note that the later approach (external tools) bears a strong resemblance to key parts of the Unix Philosophy. A tool should do one thing, and do it well. However, I know plenty of Emacs-fans who worship at the Unix Philosophy altar, so I'm not sure that's relevant. -- Ben Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | The opinions expressed in this message are those of the author and do not | | necessarily represent the views or policy of any other person, entity or | | organization. All information is provided without warranty of any kind. | _______________________________________________ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
