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There is no vi/emacs drama. Everyone's largely nice to each other.

• mrbluecoat 2y ago
  https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Editor_war https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Editor_war
  • medstrom 2y ago
    Yes, a joke. Maybe some people got hotheaded about it -- in 1980.
    • bnolsen 2y ago
      No, emacs sucks. Vi forever!
      • medstrom 2y ago
        Repent, sinner!
      • chgs 2y ago
        Eight megs and constantly swapping. Give me something lean any day.
    • Groxx 2y ago
      It's noticeably more of a joke than using tabs vs spaces vs null bytes for indentation. That has some legitimate arguments in a few directions, even if there is only one reasonable choice: null bytes assure everyone that you're not secretly writing C code, and they have no visual representation so you're free to display the code any way you like. Not everyone gets that it's a joke of course, but they're probably government bird operators and you are free to just nod and quietly back away.