I started with Emacs because that's what my TA's in college computer science classes used. The first time I tried vi, I didn't know how to enter text or exit. I learned vi because I was doing Linux administration, and vi is the default editor on systems with nothing else installed. Eventually, I learned more advanced vim and started using it more then Emacs because it was more lightweight. However, when I have it available, I prefer VS Code or an IDE for programming.
I started with Emacs because that's what my TA's in college computer science classes used. The first time I tried vi, I didn't know how to enter text or exit. I learned vi because I was doing Linux administration, and vi is the default editor on systems with nothing else installed. Eventually, I learned more advanced vim and started using it more then Emacs because it was more lightweight. However, when I have it available, I prefer VS Code or an IDE for programming.