Text editors are a topic of much contention amonst programmers. Sometimes it can get pretty emotional. I’ve heard that debates over the merits of competing text editors have at times come to blows.
Today I decided to resolve this age-old question once and for all. Which is better: emacs or vi? I sent a simple poll out on Reddit, and received 279 responses. Below I have summarized the results in chart form.
Vi users outvoted emacs users two-to-one. Sorry emacs, but charts don’t lie. Looks like vi is the superior text editor. 