From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Matthew Flaschen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: How old are Emacs users? Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2007 06:05:21 -0400 Message-ID: <462DD661.4010302@gatech.edu> References: <873b2qb5y9.fsf@baldur.tsdh.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1177409159 10734 80.91.229.12 (24 Apr 2007 10:05:59 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2007 10:05:59 +0000 (UTC) To: emacs Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Apr 24 12:05:50 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 1HgHty-0000L8-R0 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 24 Apr 2007 12:05:40 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HgHzT-0001J0-6k for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 24 Apr 2007 06:11:19 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1HgHzH-0001Iv-6I for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 24 Apr 2007 06:11:07 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1HgHzF-0001Ij-R0 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 24 Apr 2007 06:11:06 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HgHzF-0001Ig-JT for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 24 Apr 2007 06:11:05 -0400 Original-Received: from deliverator6.gatech.edu ([130.207.165.168]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA1:24) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1HgHtk-00040G-9L for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 24 Apr 2007 06:05:24 -0400 Original-Received: from deliverator6.gatech.edu (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by localhost (Postfix) with SMTP id 70D001889 for ; Tue, 24 Apr 2007 06:05:23 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from matthew.flaschen@gatech.edu) Original-Received: from mailprx1.gatech.edu (mailprx1.prism.gatech.edu [130.207.171.15]) (using TLSv1 with cipher EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA (168/168 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.mail.gatech.edu", Issuer "RSA Data Security, Inc." (verified OK)) by deliverator6.gatech.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5EBC61853 for ; Tue, 24 Apr 2007 06:05:23 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from matthew.flaschen@gatech.edu) Original-Received: from [128.61.73.81] (r73h81.res.gatech.edu [128.61.73.81]) (using TLSv1 with cipher RC4-MD5 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (sasl: method=PLAIN, username=mflaschen3@mailprx1.gatech.edu, sender=n/a) by mailprx1.gatech.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP id EDCEE233C for ; Tue, 24 Apr 2007 06:05:21 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from matthew.flaschen@gatech.edu) User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.10 (X11/20070306) In-Reply-To: <873b2qb5y9.fsf@baldur.tsdh.de> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.94.3.0 X-detected-kernel: Solaris 9 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:43056 Archived-At: Tassilo Horn wrote: > 30ish emacs user writes: > > Hi, > >> I'm wondering which age group most Emacs users fall into? How old are >> you? I'm 32. > > I'm 26, but I started using it about 5 years ago. I'm 19. > Sometimes I used > Eclipse for some Java projects, and although it has some superior > features (e.g. the refactoring tools and support for all features > introduced after java 5) I always came back to emacs quickly. Same. I actually tried Eclipse first, but now am using emacs. Eclipse has some extra features, but it's not worth the complexity for small projects. Matthew Flaschen