[ale] Ongoing vim vs. emacs

[Thompson Freeman]

I was kinda hoping somebody else would stand forward and do it, so I 
could admire their handy work, maybe learn something, and generally 
appreciate what should be an advanced hack from the cheap seats...

Appreciate the vote tho...

On 06/03/2008 02:47:22 PM, Warren Myers wrote:
> I vote for Thompson Freeman to do the presentation....     [=^D
> 
> On 6/3/08, Thompson Freeman <tfreeman at intel.digichem.net> wrote:
> >
> > On 06/03/2008 02:19:20 PM, Pete Hardie wrote:
> > > 2008/6/3 Jeff Lightner <jlightner at water.com>:
> > > > New article out about something called cream to make vim
> > > easier for new
> > > > users (maybe even the emacs folks that can't figure it
> > > out):
> > > >
> > > > http://www.linux-mag.com/id/6045/
> > > >
> > > > I like this from the article:
> > > >
> > > > "Vim has a tremendous amount of power, stability, and
> > > extensibility to offer
> > > > users (Emacs… ahhh, not so much)"
> > > >
> > > > Let the flames begin…
> > >
> > > Interesting.  While I'm a hardcore vi/vim fan, I've never
> > > seen anyone
> > > claim emacs was *less* powerful and extendable
> > > than anything else.  Emacs just lets you extend it
> > > yourself until
> > > you've overextended yourself.
> >
> > This would imply emacs is similar to an infinite coil of
> > rope - as in "give enough rope to hang himself".
> >
> > What I have to wonder is whether or not anybody has tried
> > taking a kernel, filesystem, and emacs and creating a lisp
> > machine or a general purpose computer from there.
> >
> > If not, who is going to do so just to make a presentation
> > at an ALE meeting?? 8-)