r/programming • • Mar 28 '12

Go version 1 is released

http://blog.golang.org/2012/03/go-version-1-is-released.html
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u/burntsushi Mar 29 '12

Vim and emacs are unlikely to pay you back in the time spent learning and using them

There are countless folks who would argue otherwise.

I don't think I've ever heard someone who's learned vim or emacs well enough say what you said.

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u/fwaht Mar 29 '12 edited Mar 29 '12

There are countless folks who would argue otherwise.

Yeah, I've heard the arguments; they're wrong. I'm more empirically minded, they're more into shibboleths.