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Re:VS Code uses 13% CPU when idle due to blinking cursor ren... by haldean on Thursday March 23, 2017 @12:14PM (#13941116)
The SO survey (while super interesting!) conflates "most used" with "most asked about on Stack Overflow"; I'm skeptical of anyone who claims to know which programming language is the most popular. The TIOBE index, which has its own problems, has Javascript coming in 8th, with the top 4 being Java, C, C++ and C#; my experiences and my confirmation bias suggest that's more accurate.

https://www.tiobe.com/tiobe-index/

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Re:VS Code uses 13% CPU when idle due to blinking cursor ren... by whazor on Thursday March 23, 2017 @12:32PM (#13941314)
I agree that tiobe is more established, especially as they look to companies being involved and to the job market. One of the reasons why I am interested in Javascript is that many people are learning it, even non-developers. Think about people without education.
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Re:VS Code uses 13% CPU when idle due to blinking cursor ren... by shakna on Thursday March 23, 2017 @12:45PM (#13941453)
> Think about people without education.

I don't want people without education building my IDEs and other software I might rely on.

The VS Code team have done a great job, and this bug will die. But, I'd say it's more in spite of the platform, than because of it.

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