That was a very interesting and long discussion that you linked to in the second link, in this day and age it was quite refreshing to read an adult and polite debate where disagreements were discussed without resorting to name-calling and insults.<p>Emacs being such an important part of the FSF it makes a lot of sense that its maintainer should be conscious of this fact and prioritize it accordingly, even if sometimes that means not making Emacs as good as it could be (see the clang&#x2F;gcc discussion in the linked thread).