Yeah, sorry, I don't agree with that because I don't give a fuck about my rating, or karma or whatever the fuck you're calling it on HN, so I comment anyway. You should do that too instead of "spending more time asking yourself if you will be adding anything useful to the discussion". ;) My point was that Linus is an idiot and it can be as informative as any other comment for people who don't already know that. My two cents.
First of all, why would you assume that by "usability" I mean "being able to understand and completely master at the first sight"?;
Let me tell you why, because __some__ users of Emacs think that by learning to use some bloated piece of junk software will make them special, that by learning to use Emacs they somehow demonstrate their intellectual superiority among their mates. So you're inferring that people who don't like Emacs or prefer other editors are somehow intellectually inferior to those who learn it and use it.
Well, that is not the case. In fact, if you can achieve exactly the same thing with a simpler, easier to use tool and you're still using the bloated one, it's you who is mentally retarded, not those who use the other tool.
So just to conclude, just spare me and others of this bullshit.
And also please note that I know what usability is, and when I wrote my previous comment I was thinking about very precise Emacs issues which I don't have time and I also don't want to discuss. But that's just the way I feel about Emacs. You might very well use and love it but please don't try to sell me your bullshit.
Wow, that's all you have to say? I hate to disappoint you but this is not StackOverblow. And while we're at it tell your fat friend to do some research before writing posts on that funny blog of his. He writes about a lot of stuff he heard about just the day before in a style which suggests that he's an expert on those topics, which may turn very unproductive for kids who read the funny blog and take his word for granted without further investigations.
Both Erlang VM and HiPE are written in C, which powers..
The point is not who powers which software program, the point is that you cannot write operating systems and drivers in Java. I hope you realize that Java gets run inside a vritual machine. And so is Erlang. Also C and C++ power a number substantially bigger than "a 3d software program", if you want to put it like that, which isn't the point..
You say funny things.
Not everything can be built with high-level languages. Some people work on operating systems, others on database systems, etc.
So stop this nonsense, I have some breaking news for you: not everyone writes web applications these days.
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Ohhh poor baby, isn't he posting his name on every possible forum on the Internet talking about how he, the biggest "hacker" of all time hacked the PS3 anymore? Not funny anymore eh? I think he deserves what he got, that's what happens when you're young, stupid and looking for fame.