André A. Gomes <andremegafone@gmail.com> writes:

> João Távora <joaotavora@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> [...] but in fact I believe that the "slow", unfamiliar, 
>> peculiar,
>> old-school whatever-you-want-to-call-them methods used in Emacs
>> development may in fact be "aces up our sleeve", not just a 
>> means to
>> appease those that have been using them for a number of years.
>
> I couldn't agree more.  There are historical (and technical) 
> reasons for
> the Emacs development being the way it is.  From my point of 
> view, the
> point of view of an enthusiast and absolute beginner, I've 
> matured
> respect and appreciation for the modus operandi of this 
> community.  I
> acknowledge that "easy" options are often illusions.
>
> I don't think Emacs cultivates "elitism".  But it does require
> proficiency, which is only sensible.  If getting more people on 
> board
> entails lowering the bar, then Emacs would be subscribing to 
> "worse is
> better".  Emacs doesn't stand for that, and it's not on a race.

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I also want to add some personal thoughts about "old" vs. "young / 
new" in this respect.

I've only used emacs for about one year (had been using vim for 
like 10 years before that), so all the "old" emacs way of doing 
things (both usage and development) have been in fact very new and 
shiny to me, but as it turns out overall I very much prefer these 
"old" ways than the new ways that are older for me :)

-- 
Best,
Yuchen

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