From Struggle to Sophistication: Lisp Development Transforms in Vim

Vim's Lisp development capabilities have undergone a fifteen-year evolution from severely limited to feature-rich through plugins like Slimv and Vlime that enable interactive REPL-based programming. This shift is significant because it removes friction for developers who prefer Vim but work with Lisp, making interactive development and structured s-expression editing practical rather than painful, and reinforcing Vim's position as a polyglot editor.