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> have never been shown a concrete piece of scientific evidence demonstrating Vim's claimed superiority according to any real-world metric I wonder if you've e
by blackbear_ 4y ago
> have never been shown a concrete piece of scientific evidence demonstrating Vim's claimed superiority according to any real-world metric
I wonder if you've ever seen scientific evidence of the contrary? Or any kind of scientific evidence on this matter?
If not, it seems that you're just using this as an excuse to rationalize your own prejudice, and the counter-argument is really easy: absence of evidence is not evidence of absence (in this case, or vim's advantages)
- saagarjha 4y agoGenerally when a discussion of vim comes up the people who use it claim that it's more efficient or whatever. Just look in this thread!
- p-e-w 4y agoI don't need evidence to the contrary because I'm not making any claim. I'm simply doubting the folklore claim (made without evidence) that Vim is technically superior / more efficient in practice. I'm not trying to convince anyone (and indeed I don't believe) that Vim is worse than other editors. But I don't see any reason to believe it is better either, and people merely repeating that claim isn't going to change my mind.