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This is most likely because engineers that use vi/emacs have to memorize language syntax and APIs as vi/emacs don't have code completion like most IDEs (at least not by default). And having that stuff memorized means you'll do better on a coding interview.

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Fuzzy-matching autocomplete for vim: https://github.com/Valloric/YouCompleteMe

Fuzzy-matching autocomplete for emacs: https://company-mode.github.io

If you are at all interested in trying something with all the bells and whistles turned on for you, check out http://spacemacs.org

This is complete nonsense. It's completely trivial to get code completion.

Its wholely unrealistic to suppose that someone would spend hours to days learning emacs but not spend 1 minute adding a completion plugin.

I don't use any completion plugin with my Emacs. Not coincidentally I'm generally a better reference for our programs' APIs and organization than the documentation or the other developers who use things like PyCharm and Sublime.

For me not using completion works to keep me disciplined about the structure of code I work on. It also can make me vicious about arity and composability in code reviews. Fortunately most of those details are taken care of by design prior to implementation, so it's rarely an issue.

I think not using code completion might have more to do with you having an excellent memory and it might not be fantastic advice for everyone but I would be interested if there were stats on usage of features like code completion in emacs.

We all have limited memory. I prefer mine filled with concepts, not function names.

I appreciate the compliment but it's almost entirely false.

Anyone using "default" Emacs is entirely missing the point (or has only just started getting it).

Ctrl-N in VIM gives you basic autocompletion

Yes, it's that simple

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