XEmacs vs Emacs which is better for programming C++

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sandeep picture sandeep · Mar 11, 2009 · Viewed 9.4k times · Source

which is better editor for C++ programming XEmacs or Emacs?

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Eugene Morozov picture Eugene Morozov · Mar 11, 2009

Wikipedia description of differences between GNU Emacs and XEmacs.

In my opinion, XEmacs development started to stagnate several years ago, after release of GNU Emacs 21. Most elisp packages are written for GNU Emacs nowadays and they aren't guaranteed to work in the XEmacs.

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