Jim Blandy explains Emacs in a way which makes one feel as if we are provided with a multipurpose knife, given the range of components and functionality present. Although I am never much of an Emacs user (I use vi instead), I understand the significance of the growth and development of Emacs over the years. The development of Emacs has (as the authors have mentioned) has taken a development process similar to that of an Operating System, and this has been very beneficial. With all the latest development tools around, and with the tremendous number of features provided by them, Emacs still remains a popular choice amongst programmers.
Maintainability of a text editor-kind of package is sometimes termed as "editability" and this article shows the apparent advantages of Emacs in this area. I have personally preferred Eclipse as a programming IDE (simply because I started learning it very early). However, with all the benefits provided by Emacs(and the latest release which looks very cool), I plan to switch allegiance very soon.
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