Why not enable font lock by default?

[Jason Spiro]

2007/7/3, Mike Kupfer <mike.kupfer at sun.com>:
> The one concern that I have about enabling font lock by default is that
> it can be slow, i.e., when editing large files on relatively slow
> hardware.

If somebody feels it is too slow for them, they can disable it using
the drop-down menus or using M-x customize.  But the vast majority of
people would benefit from it.  :-)

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