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IIRC vim became really slow with the combination of large source files (thousands of lines of code) and language server plugins (e.g. code completion and live error squiggles).

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I had a C program that was a single file 140,000 lines long back then. No issues.

Ah yes, the "I've never had this problem so obviously no one else could have possibly had it" argument.

No it's more the "what the hell are people doing to make their lives difficult?" argument.

To be fair, they were just sharing their experience. I don’t recall them saying anything close to your interpretation.

Vanilla vim sure, no problem. But try to add syntax highlighting and code completion plugins.

I was using vim-enhanced as red hat-based distro installed it. No customization. No customization of nvim either.

I often use vim or nvim on disposable machines, so persistent undo is something very low on my list of things I want.

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