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Ask HN: Why is there so many different text editors?

Hi HN,

I wonder why there is so much different text editor/IDE on the market.

In my daily job, I only use Emacs to develop in Fortran, write small script in python/bash and write documents/presentations in LaTex. I don't see the point to switching to different editors/IDE for each use case.

IMHO, it is has much more value to always keep the same shortcuts and macros than switching to a specialized IDE for each language, and loosing this consistency just to have one or two special features.

Does anyone here use multiple specialized IDE/editors ? If so why did you make that choice ?

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