> extra failure modes Well, different failure modes, maybe. If an external process crashes, then you just have your editor restart it. But if you've linked a l

> extra failure modes Well, different failure modes, maybe. If an external process crashes, then you just have your editor restart it. But if you've linked a library into your editor, and it crashes, then your editor crashes. I much prefer either keeping that code in a separate process, or having that code written in a memory safe language, where it won't take down your editor when something goes wrong.