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Another good reason:

  $ ldd /bin/nano
	linux-vdso.so.1 (0x00007ffc72add000)
	libmagic.so.1 => /usr/lib64/libmagic.so.1 (0x00007f3eca793000)
	libncursesw.so.5 => /lib64/libncursesw.so.5 (0x00007f3eca52b000)
	libc.so.6 => /lib64/libc.so.6 (0x00007f3eca193000)
	libz.so.1 => /lib64/libz.so.1 (0x00007f3ec9f73000)
	libdl.so.2 => /lib64/libdl.so.2 (0x00007f3ec9d6b000)
	/lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 (0x00007f3eca9bb000)
  $ ldd /usr/bin/vim
	linux-vdso.so.1 (0x00007ffd69bfd000)
	libSM.so.6 => /usr/lib64/libSM.so.6 (0x00007efe2d7d3000)
	libICE.so.6 => /usr/lib64/libICE.so.6 (0x00007efe2d5b3000)
	libXt.so.6 => /usr/lib64/libXt.so.6 (0x00007efe2d33b000)
	libX11.so.6 => /usr/lib64/libX11.so.6 (0x00007efe2cfdb000)
	libm.so.6 => /lib64/libm.so.6 (0x00007efe2cceb000)
	libncurses.so.5 => /lib64/libncurses.so.5 (0x00007efe2ca8b000)
	libacl.so.1 => /lib64/libacl.so.1 (0x00007efe2c87b000)
	libgpm.so.1 => /lib64/libgpm.so.1 (0x00007efe2c673000)
	libdl.so.2 => /lib64/libdl.so.2 (0x00007efe2c46b000)
	libc.so.6 => /lib64/libc.so.6 (0x00007efe2c0d3000)
	libuuid.so.1 => /lib64/libuuid.so.1 (0x00007efe2becb000)
	libxcb.so.1 => /usr/lib64/libxcb.so.1 (0x00007efe2bca3000)
	libattr.so.1 => /lib64/libattr.so.1 (0x00007efe2ba9b000)
	/lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 (0x00007efe2d9e3000)
	libXau.so.6 => /usr/lib64/libXau.so.6 (0x00007efe2b893000)
	libXdmcp.so.6 => /usr/lib64/libXdmcp.so.6 (0x00007efe2b68b000)

There probably are stripped down versions of vim out there, but this makes nano more reliable in the case of say a corrupted disk where libs are corrupted...less points of failure at least.

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ldd /usr/bin/vim linux-vdso.so.1 (0x00007ffdcebf9000) libm.so.6 => /usr/lib/libm.so.6 (0x00007f1a49617000) libncursesw.so.6 => /usr/lib/libncursesw.so.6 (0x00007f1a493aa000) libacl.so.1 => /usr/lib/libacl.so.1 (0x00007f1a491a1000) libgpm.so.2 => /usr/lib/libgpm.so.2 (0x00007f1a48f9a000) libdl.so.2 => /usr/lib/libdl.so.2 (0x00007f1a48d96000) libpthread.so.0 => /usr/lib/libpthread.so.0 (0x00007f1a48b79000) libc.so.6 => /usr/lib/libc.so.6 (0x00007f1a487d8000) /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 (0x00007f1a4991b000) libattr.so.1 => /usr/lib/libattr.so.1 (0x00007f1a485d3000)

$ ldd $(which nvim) linux-vdso.so.1 => (0x00007fff75590000) librt.so.1 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/librt.so.1 (0x00007f821b0ea000) libpthread.so.0 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpthread.so.0 (0x00007f821aecc000) libdl.so.2 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libdl.so.2 (0x00007f821acc7000) libm.so.6 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libm.so.6 (0x00007f821a9c1000) libutil.so.1 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libutil.so.1 (0x00007f821a7be000) libc.so.6 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6 (0x00007f821a3f8000) /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 (0x00007f821b301000)

$ otool -L /usr/bin/nano /usr/bin/nano: /usr/lib/libncurses.5.4.dylib (compatibility version 5.4.0, current version 5.4.0) /usr/lib/libSystem.B.dylib (compatibility version 1.0.0, current version 1225.0.0) $ otool -L /usr/bin/vim /usr/bin/vim: /usr/lib/libncurses.5.4.dylib (compatibility version 5.4.0, current version 5.4.0) /usr/lib/libiconv.2.dylib (compatibility version 7.0.0, current version 7.0.0) /usr/lib/libSystem.B.dylib (compatibility version 1.0.0, current version 1226.10.1)

$ ldd $(which nvi) /usr/local/bin/nvi: Start End Type Open Ref GrpRef Name 0000047a80c00000 0000047a8106c000 exe 1 0 0 /usr/local/bin/nvi 0000047d4d9f6000 0000047d4de50000 rlib 0 1 0 /usr/lib/libncursesw.so.14.0 0000047c97a14000 0000047c97e20000 rlib 0 1 0 /usr/lib/libutil.so.12.1 0000047ca1ba9000 0000047ca2073000 rlib 0 1 0 /usr/lib/libc.so.88.0 0000047d3bf00000 0000047d3bf00000 rtld 0 1 0 /usr/libexec/ld.so $ ldd $(which vi) /usr/bin/vi: Start End Type Open Ref GrpRef Name 0000106784500000 0000106784956000 exe 1 0 0 /usr/bin/vi 00001069ee8ed000 00001069eed47000 rlib 0 1 0 /usr/lib/libcurses.so.14.0 00001069f097f000 00001069f0d8b000 rlib 0 1 0 /usr/lib/libutil.so.12.1 00001069a8f41000 00001069a940b000 rlib 0 1 0 /usr/lib/libc.so.88.0 0000106a02600000 0000106a02600000 rtld 0 1 0 /usr/libexec/ld.so

linux-vdso.so.1 => (0x00007ffc22abf000) libm.so.6 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libm.so.6 (0x00007f1c2d4ee000) libtinfo.so.5 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libtinfo.so.5 (0x00007f1c2d2c5000) libc.so.6 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6 (0x00007f1c2ceff000) /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 (0x00007f1c2d7ff000)