Ask HN: Why does Vim use Vimscript
I&#x27;ve been wondering about this recently and haven&#x27;t seen a good answer. The question might be better put, &quot;Why doesn&#x27;t Vim support other languages for scripting?&quot; I&#x27;ve found Vimscript illegible and difficult to debug, and the thought of implementing a meaningful project in it scares me off. Emacs has lisp, is there a reason Vim is stuck with Vimscript?