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by jholman 2881 days ago
> That's contrary to the old saying: a bad workman always blames his tools

That is not what that means.

If GP had said "I cannot write good code in Emacs", that'd be a poor craftsman blaming their tools. But saying "this tool is not as effective as this other tool" is a thing that good craftsmen do.

(I'm not addressing the original claim, just meta-meta-critiquing your meta-critique).