[angersock]

...using tools from the late 70s/early 80s no doubt (vim, emacs, etc.)

[kbenson]

Unix, DOS/Windows, etc.

Just because it was originally conceived and created then, doesn't mean there hasn't been a fair amount of evolution in those products since that time.

[sigzero]

There isn't anything better than Vim or Emacs. Sorry.

[angersock]

For text editing, sure.

For an IDE for, say, C/C++, Visual Studio beats it soundly. For Java, Eclipse.

All that said, these tools are quite useful despite being old--I don't mean anything pointing out their age other than that a somewhat old laptop is probably still quite sufficient.

[brianpgordon]

Eclipse? Surely you mean IntelliJ IDEA.

[thirdsight]

Yes indeed. Vim+FreeBSD+C

Nothing has shown itself as significantly better yet.