[wging]

I think this article drastically overstates the learning curve. Also,

> It’s probably the most customizable editor ever

Emacs is way more customizable. Its help is also more accessible, its extension language awesome, its plugin ecosystem thriving.

"God willing Vim will one day have a non-Vimscript language we can use."

That day is today, and has been for years. VimScript is not the only way to extend vim. It supports scripting via Ruby, Python, and other languages, as long as you use a version built with this support.)

[spion]

If by support you mean "you can generate vimscript to be executed using other languages as PHP" then yeah.

[wging]

Not so! You write that other language (e.g. python) directly, then call it from vimscript.

http://www.techrepublic.com/article/extending-vim-with-pytho...