From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: geoff@collyer.net
To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: Re: [9fans] What makes Plan 9 unique?
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Date: Tue,  6 Nov 2001 03:01:13 -0800
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emacs doesn't just replace half a dozen applications, it potentially
replaces all of them; you're limited only by the amount of emacs lisp
you can write before you get carpal tunnel syndrome.  i was somewhat
surprised that the gnu people actually bothered implementing a new
OS (the hurd); i assumed they'd just port emacs to the bare hardware,
or perhaps mach, to minimise porting effort.

i suppose if i said that sam or acme does all editing better than emacs,
emacs fans wouldn't take me seriously.  it's still true, though.
you can even read mail or netnews with acme, and with no lisp involved.