We always made fun of emacs because you could often hear the disks swapping.
@Zenie I guess “Eight Megabytes And Constantly Swaping” was not just an idle slander, so it really did have to do lots of swapping.
And yes, if you really believe in the “each tool does one thing and does it well” ethos, then why not have all of your tools written in Lisp and work together nicely in a consistent environment?
Thanks for telling us your story!