[pekk]

If all you will do is write Java, and things like integrating remote debugging into your text editor are critical, and you don't care about vim's way of working, then you can find better options for that, definitely. IDEA is a great, well-polished specialist tool. You don't need a shootout to see this clearly.

Of course, you know that vim does not have remote Java debugging out of the box and that the Java community has long focused on IDEs, so this is not exactly a random benchmark you mention :)

vim is better for a more modular approach which is valuable when you will often need to change platforms, languages, tweak for a new workflow, etc. Know a good remote debugger? Sure, just use that...