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Re:Gitlab 9.0 by sdflkd on Wednesday March 22, 2017 @02:30PM (#13933421)
Is Sublime really an editor of choice if speed comes first?
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Re:Gitlab 9.0 by jfktrey on Wednesday March 22, 2017 @02:45PM (#13933558)
Well, compared to Atom, yes. Two somewhat similar tools with trade offs between them, one of them being speed.
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Re:Gitlab 9.0 by dotancohen on Wednesday March 22, 2017 @03:17PM (#13933848)
Note that Atom is written in Javascript, so the run time is extraordinarily CPU heavy. Even though many Electron (Javascript desktop framework) apps may have snappy UIs, they're typically even worse than Java for CPU (battery life, etc).
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Re:Gitlab 9.0 by jhasse on Thursday March 23, 2017 @07:50AM (#13938945)
btw: Sublime Text is written in C++, so the performance might be even better than Java.
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Re:Gitlab 9.0 by tracker1 on Wednesday March 22, 2017 @02:36PM (#13933476)
It's all relative... what kind of computer are you using, the cpu speed, memory available, even OS and drive/ssd can make differences. Even on an i7 with 32gb and an SSD atom was too slow for a really long time... in fact after trying earlier releases of atom and brackets, I almost didn't even try VS Code. I'm really glad I did though.

In any case, it's just a matter of relative performance and perception in relation to what one runs on, and their needs.

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