From: Chad Perrin <perrin@...>
Date: 2007-03-20T06:56:15+09:00
Subject: Re: SciTE Alternatives

On Tue, Mar 20, 2007 at 06:51:31AM +0900, David Vallner wrote:
> > If Emacs is what works for you, go for it.  Some people like the feature
> > set of Emacs more than that of Vim.  I just disagree that they're in the
> > same realm of "heavy".
> >
> 
> I disagree this in any way matters on today's CPU speeds and RAM sizes.
> 
> (Gods I hate the appeal to bloat way of argumentation.)

I disagree that today's CPU and RAM stats obviate the need for slimmer
tools sometimes.  For instance, I'm composing this email using mutt+Vim
over an SSH connection.  While I'm only two rooms away from the system
where I'm accessing email, I have also been known to use the same means
of dealing with email from miles away, over the Internet.  Under such
circumstances, at a bandwidth rate of less than 1Mbps, the "weight" of
the application is definitely of interest to me.

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