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> how long do you think it takes for the average new programmer

If they're taking advantage of Google, a few seconds for either one. Discoverability in both kinda sucks.

It does not take a few seconds to get fuzzy search working on emacs in any shape or form. You have to add an addon like helm or icicles to get anywhere near atom's functionality. And you have to learn how to get addons to work. It works without an add on in Atom, and you don't need to do a Google search to figure it out.

I actually hate Atom and I resent you making me defend it. >:|

You could just use something like https://github.com/syl20bnr/spacemacs/ and have working fuzzy-search out of the box (with VIM-like key bindings if you like)

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