Noryungi's Journal: It is to laugh

I love this comment:

vi is a kitchen knife.
vim is a really nice, sharp, balanced chef's knife.
Emacs is a light saber.
Most of the time, my job requires me to chop vegetables. Occasionally, I have to take on an entire army of robots.

(Source: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/48006/is-it-worth-investing-time-in-learning-to-use-emacs)

I have been a vi/vim user since day one ('OK, Linux is now installed, now how do I edit this .bashrc text file mentioned in the documentation?'). But I have seen some emacs master at work and... Well... Let's just say it's impressive. ;-)

Counterpoint: http://edward.oconnor.cx/2009/07/learn-emacs-in-ten-years