The simple answer is "no", in the same way there's no need to write a python script if you really like java. For a non-trolling answer though, for me iy's the

The simple answer is "no", in the same way there's no need to write a python script if you really like java. For a non-trolling answer though, for me iy's the ease with which nano's macros can be used and the easy syntax highlighting. Not long ago, I wanted to create syntax highlighting to support my own format in nano and vim. The nano one took me 5 minutes. The vim one took me 2 days.