I had exactly the same thought, except with vim. I think the real advantage vim and emacs have is, they're still going to be maintained in 20 years time, and yo

I had exactly the same thought, except with vim. I think the real advantage vim and emacs have is, they're still going to be maintained in 20 years time, and you won't end up having to do all your work on a machine that's two decades old, or write on something new and uncomfortable every half-decade.