I think this is just one of those memes, like Vim being difficult to exit. It's OK for banter but not to be taken seriously. Vim itself has many corded comman

I think this is just one of those memes, like Vim being difficult to exit. It's OK for banter but not to be taken seriously. Vim itself has many corded commands which I find are especially useful in Insert and Ex mode. As a long time Vim user I know I'll probably never move to another editor like Emacs. That's because of familiarity with Vim and not because of any failing with Emacs shortcuts.