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> vi and vim have modes because they were created in an era where computing and terminal capabilities were very limited vim was released in 1991. Same year lin

> vi and vim have modes because they were created in an era where computing and terminal capabilities were very limited vim was released in 1991. Same year linux kernel started and Apple PowerBook came out. Limited terminal capabilities is not the reason vim is modal.

wolverine876 3y ago
Vim was heavily based on vi, and vi was designed for limited terminal capacities.
- viraptor 3y ago
  And it's now been decades since vi itself, where things would've changed many times if that was the only reason that vi was modal.
  - ilaksh 3y ago
    Things have changed, just not the paradigm that vim operates on.