If you mean it using the literal definition of sexy then yes. That might be an issue. But I don't think they mean literally sexy (as in sexually attractive). Haven't you or a(nother) guy/person call a car sexy or something? Seems the same to me.

I obviously would'nt call anything else sexy but a women.

Are you a native English speaker? I remember being shocked when I learned that in English "sexy" has a popular meaning outside of sexual context. While I wouldn't use a (translation of) sexy in my native language in this context it seems that it's perfectly acceptable in English.

That's actually what's hard when learning foreign languages - words which are similar to the ones you know, but with different semantics. It's even harder when the language you're learning is relatively similar to yours - it was a bigger problem for me to learn Russian than English for this reason.

No, I'm not, and WOW, I didn't knew about that, I'm somewhat shocked also! :D I hit the dictionary and found that this word is also used for something "exciting". We never-ever use it in this context, there is no such thing in Hungarian language that anything else than woman or men is "sexy".

That's why I read HN, to learn every day, thank you!

p.s. It still feel strange to me naming a women and also a text editor sexy, so I will never use it, but now I understand, it might not be that stupid than I thought. :)

Men can be sexy too.

If you feel the need to tell other people what they can and can't find sexy, then you're the one with a problem.

Lisp gave me so many nerdgasms that calling an elisp based system/editor sexy is not very far fetched.

I'm going to assume that this is parody? Poe's law and all. I know folks of various genders who love & find emacs sexy.

No, this is my honest opinion: if you find software sexy, you have a sirious problem. You should interact with people MUCH more.

The word 'sexy' in this context has nothing to do with sexuality.

A definition of 'sexy' from Google:

  (informal) exciting; appealing.

  "I've climbed most of the really sexy west coast mountains"

  synonyms: exciting, stimulating, interesting, appealing, intriguing, slick, red-hot

I didn't knew about this, thanks!

Sorry, I got locked out of HN by NOPROCRAST shortly after you posted. Sorry I misread you. Cheers.

Call me crass, but when I'm in the functional mood, emacs puts out... er, outputs... and I don't even have to worry about side effects.

Wait... that might have been contradictory.

its obviously not meant in the sexual attraction way, duh.

This reaction came from my ignorance... Thank you for the enlightenment klibertp and dag11! Sorry if somebody felt offended by this!

Emacs is sexy, smart, complex, kind, and he give me good fights and funny moments some times. Is the only man i ever need. And i love cheating my boyfriend with it! :p.