From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: William Case Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: How old are Emacs users? Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2007 09:34:07 -0400 Message-ID: <1177421648.5726.34.camel@CASE> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1177421879 24213 80.91.229.12 (24 Apr 2007 13:37:59 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2007 13:37:59 +0000 (UTC) Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org To: 30ish emacs user Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Apr 24 15:37:56 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1HgLDQ-0001k9-61 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 24 Apr 2007 15:37:56 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HgLIv-0000XQ-W9 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 24 Apr 2007 09:43:38 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1HgLIi-0000X9-0e for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 24 Apr 2007 09:43:24 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1HgLIh-0000Wu-9A for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 24 Apr 2007 09:43:23 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HgLIh-0000Wr-42 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 24 Apr 2007 09:43:23 -0400 Original-Received: from smtp108.rog.mail.re2.yahoo.com ([68.142.225.206]) by monty-python.gnu.org with smtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1HgLDA-0007Nk-Oe for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 24 Apr 2007 09:37:40 -0400 Original-Received: (qmail 81656 invoked from network); 24 Apr 2007 13:37:40 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=rogers.com; h=Received:X-YMail-OSG:Subject:From:To:Cc:In-Reply-To:References:Content-Type:Date:Message-Id:Mime-Version:X-Mailer:Content-Transfer-Encoding; b=Viv62mUpREsd5rOkuMs8bqDykAPPU6hKMif5G23dhbPW3VphKsYGycDUFBHTLABT0uUluXKqBHn79RygrlLUJuHHGwgZ162mSiFEG3TKJ+Vm/oRkAc7FC7X84CCWKRBnVpQ0WqTiENqwda1/8bE1k9RVGtA13H1Pj6i5IUM4Ppw= ; Original-Received: from unknown (HELO ?192.168.1.3?) (billlinux@rogers.com@74.104.51.86 with plain) by smtp108.rog.mail.re2.yahoo.com with SMTP; 24 Apr 2007 13:37:39 -0000 X-YMail-OSG: 2vBNlTAVM1moxw6c0tLE143aUk8_aEs8d8BqulF97HR7uOvGd2PcjNHQQcdbEAQ9gg-- In-Reply-To: X-Mailer: Evolution 2.8.3 (2.8.3-2.fc6) X-detected-kernel: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:43080 Archived-At: Hi; On Tue, 2007-04-24 at 05:07 +0000, 30ish emacs user wrote: > I'm wondering which age group most Emacs users fall into? How old are > you? I'm 32. > > I suppose most of the youngest generation were exposed to some kind of > graphical editor like Visual Studio or Eclipse and they find Emacs > alien (those who don't understand...) after using the former. > > The older generations were more probable to be exposed to vim or emacs > first and they "stuck" with it (know the advantages), not migrating to > graphical editor land. > > That's only an assumption and I'd like to verify it. Would you please > post your age if you're interested? The statistics could be > interesting. :) > I am 63. The kids have moved out, my wife has passed away. I was no longer getting enough confusion, frustration, anger and disappointment in my life so 2 years I started using emacs. It has filled the bill superbly. -- Regards Bill