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Re:Toward a “modern” Emacs by JoshTriplett on Saturday September 26, 2020 @02:52PM (#24601218)
And that exact attitude also drives away people who could handle and enjoy Lisp just fine, just not unwelcoming elitism.
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Re:Toward a “modern” Emacs by konjin on Saturday September 26, 2020 @05:51PM (#24602452)
Yes, it's a feature, one we should use a lot more of.

Someone that thin skinned would demand that the project accommodate them, try to take it over and then run it to the ground.

After all it's not like Stallman didn't become homeless because of people like that.

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Re:Toward a “modern” Emacs by dang on Monday September 28, 2020 @02:57AM (#24613714)
Can you please not do programming flamewars on HN? It's low-quality discussion and it has poisonous effects on the community.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

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