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[jfouhy at paradise.net.nz]

Quoting Andrew Stephen <andrew.stephen at gmail.com>:

> Why use emacs when you can jump in front of a train?

Top ten similarities between emacs and a train:

10. Trains demand exclusive use of the rails or they crash. Emacs demands
exclusive use of the system resources or it crashes.
9.  Motorists prefer smaller, more agile modes of transport, such as the car. 
Users prefer smaller, more agile editors, such as vi.
8.  Hobbyists delight in building detailed, working model trains.  Programmers
delight in hacking in elisp.
7.  Trains are often forced to run slow because the rail network hasn't been
upgraded in years.  If you run emacs on a system that isn't up-to-date, it will
run slowly.
6.  Some (rather strange) people all but live in trains, taking long journey
after long journey.  Some (rather strange) people do all their computing from
within emacs, working late night after late night.
5.  Some people get obsessed with trains; these people often dress strangely and
have difficulty interacting with others.  Some people get obsessed with coding
in/for/under/with emacs; these people often dress strangely and have difficulty
interacting with others.
4.  Just about every country in the world has a rail network.  Just about every
OS aronud has emacs ported to it.
3.  Some trains are plush and comfortable, but most are spartan and functional.
 Emacs can have a point-and-click GUI, but most users prefer they keyboard
shortcuts.
2.  Trains can have multiple carriages, but allow you to move from one to the
other.  Emacs can have multiple buffers, but allow you to switch from one to the
other.

And the number one similarity between emacs and trains ...

1.  If you get run over by a train, you're sure to get mangled.  If you run
emacs on your data ... 

(<DARFC>, as we used to say :-) )

[disclaimer: my editor of choice is emacs with vi emulation (M-x viper-mode)]

-- 
John.