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Why emacs
(alien.top)
A community for the timeless and infinitely powerful editor. Want to see what Emacs is capable of?!
One reason is that VS Code hadn't existed yet when I started using Emacs.
Another reason is customization. Emacs is one big Lisp interpreter, while VS Code is a desktop application with JavaScript frontend. VS Code would never achieve the level of customizability Emacs offers.
As someone else has mentioned, Emacs is the oldest and mature, so it is nearly impossible for a new editor to catch up with all of its functionalities.
When I started using emacs there was no vim, just vi.