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by alpaca128 1475 days ago

    - Fun
    - Learning new things
    - No decades old quirks & constraints through backwards compatibility
    - Same concept with fresh ideas & multithreading
A lot of good reasons imho, which is why I'm also tinkering with my own little editor. In the worst case I'll have learned a ton and have a small collection of useful libraries. Some innovation in modal editing after 30 years might be nice.