This article has been linked to 1,210 times on hacker news alone since it was first published 4½ years ago (according to Google: https://encrypted.google.com/#

This article has been linked to 1,210 times on hacker news alone since it was first published 4½ years ago (according to Google: https://encrypted.google.com/#sclient=psy-ab&hl=en&source=hp&q=link:http%3A%2F%2Fwww.viemu.com%2Fa-why-vi-vim.html+site%3Anews.ycombinator.com https://encrypted.google.com/#sclient=psy-ab&hl=en&s...). It's fascinating how excited people get when given the chance to talk about their favourite editor! Further down in the comments it always gets to the point where someone asks: "Yeah, I'm trying to learn vi, but how do you delete 3 lines?", or something like that. Reminds me of this article: http://rachelbythebay.com/w/2012/01/16/replyall/ http://rachelbythebay.com/w/2012/01/16/replyall/