> The holy war between vim and emacs is like a bunch of machinists arguing over whether they prefer a lathe, or an entire machine shop that also includes a lathe if you want it.

IMHO not really a fair comparison. There are signifcant differences in the feel and the workflow between using vim and using emacs in evil mode. Other people have preferences that differ from yours. I have many years experience using both vim and emacs (in evil-mode), and I see both sides. Don't get me wrong, emacs in evil mode is great, and I would not want to be without it, but it does not 100% reproduce the workflow of logging in to a terminal and editing text there in vim.

The differences are significant. I'm not saying the experience in emacs is bad, it's just different. If you already have, say, 10 years of muscle memory built up from using vim in a terminal, it will take a fair amount of adjustment to move to an emacs/evil-mode way of doing things.

I personally see no reason that I have to pick one or the other, and at present I spend a lot of time in both editors. I realize that would drive some people crazy, but I'm OK with my preferences being a little unusual.