Re: Are we close to a Lisp boom ?

"John Thingstad" <jpthing@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
På Fri, 30 May 2008 12:13:31 +0200, skrev Jon Harrop
<jon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
Emacs is very poor quality software, IMHO. It is unstable, crashing
all the time, and incredibly user unfriendly from a user interface
perspective.

???
I have used Emacs for 20 years and have never had it crash on me yet.

That is my experience as well. Emacs is the most stable
application I've ever used. Also, the user interface is fantastic.
If the OP thinks it's unfriendly, maybe Emacs just chooses its friends
carefully.

Regards,

Patrick

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