[latexr]

Technically, Neovim started because the author wanted to add multi-threading to Vim but the patch was rejected. So they did try to contribuir to Vim first.

Not that I agree with your parent comment or anything (I don’t), I use Helix so don’t really have a dog in this fight, I think it’s fine for them all to coexist.

[aniviacat]

Do you know why it was rejected?

[latexr]

It’s been too long, I no longer recall specifics. Wikipedia links to the patch’s discussion on Google Groups, if you care to read it.

https://groups.google.com/g/vim_dev/c/65jjGqS1_VQ/m/fFiFrrIB...

Vim 8 did add support for asynchronous jobs, due to the pressure of Neovim fork.

https://lwn.net/Articles/713114/

[mos87]

And did so in its (or rather Bram's) own, incompatible with Neovim way. I imagine that's the biggest problem with Vim why Neovim was even created - hardcore NIH syndrome of Vim's main author.

[worldsavior]

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7279358

[mos87]

Some good context...