This is hacker news. If you look down on hacks, you may be in the wrong place.
Yes, Spacemacs is a pile of hacks on top of emacs which is a pile of hacks on top of elisp which is a pile of hacks on top of a terminal emulator which is...
Does it matter if they're hacks? Or does it matter that they're good hacks?
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"I think the underlying reason is that everything in Emacs, and especially Spacemacs, is a hack"
Correct. One of the reasons I don't go the Emacs/Spacemacs way
This is hacker news. If you look down on hacks, you may be in the wrong place.
Yes, Spacemacs is a pile of hacks on top of emacs which is a pile of hacks on top of elisp which is a pile of hacks on top of a terminal emulator which is...
Does it matter if they're hacks? Or does it matter that they're good hacks?
Hacking is important. But refactoring and cleaning up is important after a while
Not to mention the political issues w/ Emacs