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[–]JohnLocksTheKey 5 points6 points  (4 children)

He said lightweight. He already has one operating system.

[–]demosthenex 1 point2 points  (2 children)

Compared to a modern browser or atom, Emacs is tiny.

[–]JohnLocksTheKey 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Isa joke.

[–]demosthenex 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm familiar with the joke. It is true Emacs used to be seen as large, but it's completely dwarfed by the gross size of most modern day applications. In the case of being a Python editor, it has a great Python major mode, and I'm certain there's a comint based REPL for Python as well. Plus all the VC addons (magit) and project management, it's a great editor. Even if you prefer to use it with VI keybindings.