If someone argues that Emacs is based in Lisp the you come back with the much stronger retort that Vim is scripted in Vim Script. At least the people who write

If someone argues that Emacs is based in Lisp the you come back with the much stronger retort that Vim is scripted in Vim Script. At least the people who write scripts for Emacs do it because they like the editor and enjoy extending it with (Emacs)Lisp. The people who write scripts for Vim do it because they love their editor more then they can't stand Vim Script.