[jrnewton]

I'm 1/4th of the way through this article and confused already... Steve writes:

I never managed to use XEmacs for very long, because it crashed a lot

but then

XEmacs doesn't crash any more often than Firefox

and

XEmacs may crash even less than Eclipse and IntelliJ

For me Firefox and Eclipse are rock solid. So what is it? Does "a lot" mean every 6 months? Or every day?

[astine]

Once or twice a week. Did you catch the part where he said he likes to maintain perpetual sessions? When you leave apps open indefinitely, they are more prone to crash I think.