>> Can I run it removely? Yes.
>
>> Can I run it remotely using 40-year old technology? No.
>
>> Would I want to? No.
>
>    You asked why emacs is considered so powerful. I answered why. Take into
> account its historical *context*. The development of emacs first started
> in the 70's.

OK, I guess what I was really asking is why it's still considered the 
most powerful editor *today*.

I can see how it does several things which would have been very 
remarkable at one time. It appears to have practically *invented* 
interactive editing, syntax highlighting, multiple document interfaces, 
incrimental searching... all years before anything else did it.

But, given that these are all ubiquitous features *today*, is Emacs 
still relevant?

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