Emacs vs Vim

Which is better?

Personally I use Emacs just because modal editing seemed too strange to me.  Typing 'i' every time I wanted to type something was annoying, so I just learned Emacs instead.

Please be civil in this discussion about programming.  If you wish to troll and be rude, try one of the image boards.

>>9
opening a file for editing takes 3 less keystrokes than it would with Emacs.
Uh, what?
Emacs: [right ctrl↓][x][f][right ctrl↑]
vi: [left shift↓][:][left shift↑]e

>>12
Modal editing makes zero sense. It's like switching between typing and using the mouse, except you can type one-handed while using the mouse, and it wouldn't be possible to accidentally type on the mouse or try to navigate with the keyboard.