Sources say the decision was made by how long interns spent in each editor. In fact, it appears the vim users simply never exited once they opened the program, presumably because they found it so productive.
We need to set aside our petty differences and fight the true enemy: bloated IDEs.
ed is the standard editor.
Bah, a magnetised needle and a steady hand is the one true way to edit code on your prod system.
Obligatory: how to exit vim
vim > emacs, though.
nano >>>>>>> everything else
This is what kicks off the second Civil War in the United States. And just the like first time, those treasonous Emacs Confederates will be decisively defeated.
Begone, spawn of evil!
Allow the light of Church of Emacs into your heart!
And between the two of them, a thin line of evil-mode users who claim allegiance to both sides.
Waiting for an executive order on vim vs neovim.
Front end dev here. SublimeText all day eryday.