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		SoftwareMaven on Feb 16, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Jeopardy Champion Ken Jennings Q&A about IBM Watso... Of course it's emacs. He can actually remember all of the commands, functions, variables, and key bindings. (Before people get their flamethrowers out, I spend more time in emacs than any other piece of software I own.)

jodrellblank on Feb 17, 2011 [–]

And the rest of your time in a text editor, right?

SoftwareMaven on Feb 17, 2011 | [–]

I spend so much time in it looking for the "optimal" way to do what I'm trying to do. I know there's a command for it somewhere!

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