From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: John Bokma Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Emacs users a dying breed? Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2012 13:25:02 -0500 Organization: Castle Amber Message-ID: <87zk7vyzk1.fsf@castleamber.com> References: <9809cd1a-9086-4022-af79-732fb6149f20@q5g2000pba.googlegroups.com> <87mx3vzqd7.fsf@friendface.i-did-not-set--mail-host-address--so-tickle-me> <87ipejip09.fsf@gnu.org> <87395nigg5.fsf@gmail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1340389520 31456 80.91.229.3 (22 Jun 2012 18:25:20 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2012 18:25:20 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Jun 22 20:25:18 2012 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Si8Xg-0002QQ-Bw for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 22 Jun 2012 20:25:12 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:50439 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Si8Xg-0002Bv-Ay for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 22 Jun 2012 14:25:12 -0400 Original-Path: usenet.stanford.edu!news.tele.dk!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!newsfeed101.telia.com!starscream.dk.telia.net!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!mx04.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 45 Injection-Info: mx04.eternal-september.org; posting-host="9jR+cOFb3JuyZrKjlj+fsw"; logging-data="24417"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/m8ku/xR1p0UDm7nP7zdS9+Lad8HonntU=" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.1 (gnu/linux) X-Url: http://johnbokma.com/ Cancel-Lock: sha1:dN5L3KwdkBaj1O7rDERasiu9yRw= sha1:LGkc3z+koeGf9dwVvdc+rhV5mA4= Original-Xref: usenet.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:192989 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:85385 Archived-At: Tom writes: > Jay Belanger gmail.com> writes: > >> >> >> Tom gmail.com> writes: >> ... >> > The search "Eclipse IDE" does not give a good measurement, >> > because it's unlikely there is generally less interest in >> > Eclipse than in Emacs: >> >> Perhaps I'm misreading this, but it looks like you disregard this >> because you don't like the result? >> > > I would love this result if this were really the case, but this > does not take into account the mentions of Eclipse without the > word IDE. > > Here's the same comparison without using the word IDE, but removing > results with the word SOLAR (solar eclipse), TWILIGHT > (something to do with the novel), COMICS (Eclipse comics), NASA, > GPS: > > http://www.google.com/trends/?q=eclipse+-solar+-twilight+-comics+-nasa+-gps > +,emacs&ctab=0&geo=all&date=all&sort=0 > > Feel free to remove additional words which you feel are irrelevant > for Eclipse and test the result. https://www.google.com/search?q=eclipse%20ide%20sucks About 209,000 results (0.11 seconds) https://www.google.com/search?q=emacs%20sucks About 237,000 results Which clearly shows that Emacs is the better editor /and/ you can vacuum your house with it. -- John Bokma j3b Blog: http://johnbokma.com/ Perl Consultancy: http://castleamber.com/ Perl for books: http://johnbokma.com/perl/help-in-exchange-for-books.html