> Why do these even exist? Because there existed a time before ARM, 32-bit processors, and gcc made embedded a monoculture like x86. Because there existed a t

> Why do these even exist? Because there existed a time before ARM, 32-bit processors, and gcc made embedded a monoculture like x86. Because there existed a time before IDEs converged via Language Server Protocol. This was predictable back when VSCode first came out. Microsoft was pouring more development resource into VSCode that many of those semiconductor companies entire revenue. Either you got on the VSCode train or you were going to get swept aside. The fact that everybody is whining about proprietary Microsoft remote development plugins while emacs tramp lsp-mode remains broken for an enormous number of cases for years says it all (this is finally what pried emacs out from under my fingers as I got tired of debugging it).