The “use emacs” prerequisite that shows up frequently when exploring Lisps has been such a dealbreaker for me in the past. I have no patience for learning “chords” or even using a non-modal-but-still-not-just-normal-input editor simply to explore a language. My impression being that these chords morph depending on “modes” doesn’t help at all. At least with vim you can learn a piece at a time (sorry, not trying to revive last century’s favorite flame war, but it’s true).
Also: no one has managed to explain to me what makes emacs so uniquely capable of interacting with a running interpreter, despite this usually being the USP I hear for “needing” emacs when attempting to Lisp.
Also: no one has managed to explain to me what makes emacs so uniquely capable of interacting with a running interpreter, despite this usually being the USP I hear for “needing” emacs when attempting to Lisp.