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> and some of them are even better in Emacs.

Even if not, interoperability is the killer feature of Emacs as a platform. Just try to shuttle data between spreadsheet, e-mail and web-browser with the tools mentioned above. In Emacs it's trivial - and not only that, it's also trivial to write snippets of elisp that shuttle the data for you or otherwise automate whatever workflow you have.




"Just try to shuttle data between spreadsheet, e-mail and web-browser with the tools mentioned above"

Have you ever tried MS Office + VBA for comparison purposes?


I did! Elisp is a better language :).

Microsoft does understand interoperability; Office suite integrates well together and applications respect power users. I like them for that.




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