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In article <873ciux2mn.fsf@helicon.physics.colostate.edu>,
 Dave Steffen <steffend@lamar.colostate.edu> wrote:


> It just so happens that Emacs has very good support for programming,
> which makes it _easier_ to write code.
> 


Thanks.  I was referring to things such as being able to debug and 
compile from within emacs. Is this important?  Do people who write c or 
c++ programs (especially for palm pilot with PRC tools) use or depend on 
emacs, and why?

Thanks
Jim