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Emacs just used a full blown programming language right from the start. And one of the very best: Lisp.
> And one of the very best: Lisp. Got any hard numbers to back up that bold claim?
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> And one of the very best: Lisp. Got any hard numbers to back up that bold claim?
I rate it 10/10. What kind of numbers are you expecting exactly?
By which measurable metric is Lisp "one of the best"?
I'm genuinely curious, since I keep hearing propaganda about it.
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> And one of the very best: Lisp. Got any hard numbers to back up that bold claim?
What numbers do you require? If there was a metric measuring simplicity then Lisp (or perhaps a modern variant, Scheme) would probably win - it is a local optimum of language design, essentially just lambda calculus exposed via a very simple grammar (which aids meta-programming).
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As a general fileditor, it may be scary, yes. But I have this in IntelliJ and love it. Saving is just a useless keystroke for most of my development time. Things are in VCS, and if not, I can also use local history to roll back.
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I rate it 10/10. What kind of numbers are you expecting exactly?
Anything which can support the grandiose Lisper claims such as the one above :) By which measurable metric is Lisp "one of the best"? I'm genuinely curious, since I keep hearing propaganda about it.
I don't have the time to write up why I think Lisp is great, but you can find essays by many greater (and more famous) programmers than me such as Richard Stallman, Peter Norvig, Steve Yegge, Paul Graham et al. But really the only way is to learn it for yourself. There is a kind of enlightenment that comes with learning Lisp and I would recommend it to every programmer.
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What numbers do you require? If there was a metric measuring simplicity then Lisp (or perhaps a modern variant, Scheme) would probably win - it is a local optimum of language design, essentially just lambda calculus exposed via a very simple grammar (which aids meta-programming).
Any kind of serious study will do :)
I have mixed feelings about emacs starter kits. On the one hand I'm always happy that more people might discover emacs. It's quite simply the most powerful text editor out there. Hands down. I could not imagine using a computer seriously without emacs. On the other hand, the power of emacs comes from the fact that it's essentially a lisp interpreter which is good at doing text editor stuff. If you abstract this away…
I'm not sure what reason the emacs team has for just not adding MELPA but it would change the game for me if it were an official addition and would require it's addition to work out of the box. Till then, emacs is a long way away from being my default editor, and VS Code and JetBrains are more of my defaults.
Out of the box functionality is key for any editor in my opinion.
Some screenshots could be nice, probably most people are not tend to try it out until they see a screenshot. Anyway, I am a simple man. I see people using Emacs and I become happy.
Agree! I am not a developer or an overly technical person and I recently started using Emacs because of an article here (using ido and org mode). I like it but I'm not fluent enough, or know enough of what it does to switch to it for everyday tasks - but there's a beauty in navigating file systems, creating files, switching windows all with your keyboard. Does anyone know if you can actually write code on Emacs, like…
Some screenshots could be nice, probably most people are not tend to try it out until they see a screenshot. Anyway, I am a simple man. I see people using Emacs and I become happy.
I will (almost certainly) never switch from my current configuration to use any of these all-in-one package bundles, but I do like looking through them for ideas.
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Agree! I am not a developer or an overly technical person and I recently started using Emacs because of an article here (using ido and org mode). I like it but I'm not fluent enough, or know enough of what it does to switch to it for everyday tasks - but there's a beauty in navigating file systems, creating files, switching windows all with your keyboard. Does anyone know if you can actually write code on Emacs, like…
If you mean using emacs as your code editor then yes, that's the main purpose of emacs for most users. However there's other hidden eastereggs such as M-x pong, M-x tetris or why not try M-x doctor if you're feeling a bit down.
Yeah. M-x doctor is really helpful, especially when you are depressed. For example, if you say the doctor that "I'm going to suicide", it will guide you the right way.