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With extensions, VSCode is a full-blown IDE, not a mere text editor. IDEs have always been notorious for how bloated they are. Some of the memory is wasted on E
by kbolino 3y ago
With extensions, VSCode is a full-blown IDE, not a mere text editor. IDEs have always been notorious for how bloated they are. Some of the memory is wasted on Electron/JS, and some of it is wasted on the IPC indirection of the language servers, but VSCode seems pretty well optimized for the level of versatility it offers. Eclipse, IDEA, and good old Visual Studio all get really bloated when you throw lots of different languages at them too.