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by yeowMeng 3561 days ago
Shells and /_/nix philosophy are a 4th generation query and data munging language with seamless extensibility.

Emacs is an perhaps the most ambitious implementation of a layer above shells and /_/nix philosophy.

The problem I have with Emacs is the surface area feels infinitly large and some features can be buggy.

I choose to use both.