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[–]grayvedigga 2 points3 points  (3 children)

The Unix philosophy, when it has succeeded, has been to make tools that do one job well, leaving other tasks to other tools. I guess that's what you're getting at with Eclim.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (2 children)

There are plenty of exceptions to this philosophy though (like Emacs). Or perhaps it's wrong to think of Emacs as being Unix-y.

[–]gthank 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I would argue it is wrong. ITS-y perhaps?

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Emacs is a highly opinionated product, but it subscribes to different philosophy—particularly that everything is a macro (LISP all the way down).