Re: Emacs's popularity

[Phil Carmody]

"Juanma Barranquero" <lekktu@gmail.com> writes:
> On Tue, Dec 16, 2008 at 12:34, Phil Carmody
> <thefatphil_demunged@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>
>> In which case, why shouldn't we emacs proponents look on them with a sense
>> of shame? More than 3 times slower - is that not shameful?
>
> No, because Emacs is not optimized for that kind of use pattern.

Opening files?

Phil
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