My experience is this: Emacs has better integration to tools (like debuggers, etc). However, I like the Vim input model, where you combine commands (like delet

My experience is this: Emacs has better integration to tools (like debuggers, etc). However, I like the Vim input model, where you combine commands (like delete or yank) to a motion (like a word, 3 words or everything inside these parentheses). Emacs has the Viper mode, which gives basic Vi-style input model but it doesn't do advanced stuff like text objects. IMO any serious coder should try both, Vim and Emacs and see which one works better.