Why don't people like lisp?

[Paul Rubin]

mertz at gnosis.cx (David Mertz) writes:
> |-rwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel  4596224 Sep 24 04:29 /usr/bin/emacs
> |~bruce$ ls -l /Applications/Microsoft\ Office\ X/Microsoft\ Word
> |-rwxr-xr-x  1 bruce  admin  10568066 Sep 26  2002
> |/Applications/Microsoft Office X/Microsoft Word
> 
> Not even Windows users use MS-Word to edit program code; this is a
> completely irrelevant comparison.

OK, compare it to Visual Studio (not counting the compilers) instead.

> IOW: Emacs is BLOATED.

Or whatever else you're using is underpowered...