1. About a decade probably. 2. It started in the 1980s, back when GUIs were considered a luxury upgrade for the wealthy. This was the first computer I ever own

1. About a decade probably. 2. It started in the 1980s, back when GUIs were considered a luxury upgrade for the wealthy. This was the first computer I ever owned: https://oldcomputers.net/trs80pc1.html https://oldcomputers.net/trs80pc1.html I'd say the biggest reason for the difference is because (by my understanding) you use JSON for configuration and write functions to extend VS Code using Typescript. I've never been a web developer and I've done very little with Typescript (and not much more with Javascript). OTOH, I've been using Lisp in various forms since forever. For me to pop open my .emacs, add an interactive function, and start using it is usually a couple minutes at most. Now I think most users of VS Code probably feel more comfortable with Typescript and JSON, but Emacs for me is just a dead easy thing due to my ability to customize tasks almost trivially.