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> an array is all you need for a regular general-purpose text editor. until you try to open up a multi gigabyte log file in notepad, and find that it's consumi
by chii 3y ago
> an array is all you need for a regular general-purpose text editor.
until you try to open up a multi gigabyte log file in notepad, and find that it's consuming all your system resources.
But opening that same file in sublime text works perfectly, scrolls fast and zero lag. Guess which one is my daily driver?
- anon-3988 3y agoReading log files is completely different than constantly manipulating source code? I wish editors have read-only mode that uses data structure that lazily loaded continuous memory.