On: Vim is the worst editor, except all the other edit...

[jeremysmyth]

I feel the need to point out that everyone else is talking about vim, but you're talking about vi. Could that explain some of the differences in how you remember things based on how they are?

[lutusp → jeremysmyth]

The answer is simple: vim = vi with decorations. If vim had done away with modes that date back forty years, I would acknowledge that.