[plug] Religious debate - editor wars

[Tim Bowden]

Ben New wrote:
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> Tim Bowden wrote:
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>> I like java but- downside (Java and/ or jedit):
>> 1. Try running a java app on a low powered pc. 
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> Define "low powered" I guess... Try running anything on a 486/sx33!

I still consider my 486 to be a usefull worthwile piece of equipment. 
It does a great job for mail, firewall, webserver...

> 
> Of course (and this goes with my reply to James Devenish as well) a Java 
> app will be necessarily slower than the equivalent natively-compiled 
> app. It goes without saying that due to the extra layer of the Java VM, 
> there will be a slow-down. Therefore there will be a point in "power" 
> where a java app won't run smoothly but a natively compiled equivalent 
> will.
> 
>> 2. Jedit requires a GUI. vim doesn't
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> 
> well the original question was about "mouse-centric editors" so I 
> assumed a GUI was part of that :-)
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True, that is why I suggested it ;-)  but it is also one of the reasons 
why vim is normally my preference.

Tim Bowden