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by erikb 4012 days ago
Yeah the moment people realise this they tend to start to learn the basics of an old, bloated but still maintained and loved tool like emacs or vim in the case of editors. Nobody wants to relearn the same things over and over again every three years. And you can't really get away from the disadvantages software has (either too small or too bloated). But these old tools will stay.

I can't access it, but I bet even my WIFI router, tv and PS4 have a vi somewhere laying around, ready to help with debugging in case a corresponding core developer comes around to take a look.