When I took C at University of New Mexico, and later Data Structures and Algoithms from the same professor, Emacs was required. Period. He even provided a downl

When I took C at University of New Mexico, and later Data Structures and Algoithms from the same professor, Emacs was required. Period. He even provided a download of his .emacs file (still tucked into my init.el). He also stressed make, gdb and valgrind ("It's not fully clean until it's valgrind clean.") No emphasis on git, but I used it anyway. A decade later, and my Emacs easily surpasses most VS Code features. A decade later. Heh. Co-workers use VS Code OOTB and I'm like, "Yeah, but can you tangle or play Tetris?!" Truth is, whatever works for you and gets out of your way is the right tool. I'm invested and happy with Emacs, but also I get why it's not the first choice for a lot of devs. Even though it should be. :)