[NhanH]

I used vim for a few years before switching to emacs. I don't think there is a definite reason, just multiple of small ones:

- Vim script is ... very awkward to use, to say the least.

- For any reason I'm not sure of, Emacs plugins seem to be more well developed and refined than Vim's. Mind you, there are still land mines that blow up once every blue moon in any plugin, but things like Emacs live certainly was pleasant to start with.

- I started learning Lisp family languages, and Slime/Nrepl etc. wasn't as advanced in Vim. Now that I'm thinking of it, it seems like Emacs plugins for any language tend to have more focused on live coding.

Still, I think Vim keybinding and default editing functionality is better, and apparently that seems to be a common enough sentiment for Evil mode.

[roghummal]

Are you European? (No offense.)

[NhanH]

I'm Asian :-). Why are you asking?

[roghummal]

Geography?

Here? Vim won. Emacs is the phase you go through before you go back to vim or go forward to Word or Sublime Text.

[Anderkent]

Here being?

In europe I find vim and emacs a fairly even split (granted, most devs I interact with use neither, since java etc.etc.)

[FraaJad]

Android "won".

Windows "won".

Javascript "won".

PHP "won".

[roghummal]

But you're naming instances where inferior technology "won" over better technology.

?

Wait, are you saying Europe is the reason those inferior solutions are the world's problem? That's a big accusation.