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Re:Why are so many coders still using Vim and Emacs? by idolaspecus on Monday November 09, 2020 @03:10PM (#25039290)
An old coworker (Vim user) of mine had a good response to another coworker who asked him "why don't you use an IDE?":

"I do, it's called Linux."

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Re:Why are so many coders still using Vim and Emacs? by eatthoselemons on Tuesday November 10, 2020 @07:55AM (#25045405)
There is common name for that, "unix as an ide"

I often point people to this blog when asked why I don't use an ide

https://sanctum.geek.nz/arabesque/unix-as-ide-introduction/

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