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Questions about the history of Vi. DO NOT use this for command history.

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Advice to add `set nocompatible` as first line of .vimrc

Is there any advantages or side-effects of an explicit set nocompatible that I'm perhaps missing? Actually, there are many side-effects. Every time compatible is set or reset Vim rescans all opti …
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