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Discussion on: Anyone still using Emacs?

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Spencer Taylor

I went to Holberton School and we are only allowed to code in Emacs or Vim exclusively

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Was watching an Emacs Meetup talk on thoughtbotโ€™s Youtube. Had a professor from Penn say that he told his student that he didnโ€™t care if they picked Vim or Emacs... but they had to pick one or the other ๐Ÿ˜‚

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Spencer Taylor

It's honestly a big benefit starting with one of those over say VS Code. When you can only work from the command line, the speed with which you are able to complete tasks doesn't even compare to using a GUI text editor. I do a lot of front end work now so VS code is a better fit for my workflow now, but I have a real appreciation for Emacs.