Task specific editors...

One has to remember that most of our colleagues still live in another world - which text editor is good? Is it as good as emacs?

http://www.markroseman.com/blog/2005/05/textmate.html

Wow. Those seem like the dark ages. When text editors didn't support the tasks you were performing. They provided you with the basics, nothing more (Ooo look I can highlight a rectangle!). Really, Eclipse and IntelliJ have changed the way I work. It's just a matter of time before all editors do the same thing. How do you change your code if you don't have refactoring tools?

I might choose my next language based on the tools. Languages aren't that big a deal. (Well okay, Smalltalk might be a big deal).