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Re:VS Code uses 13% CPU when idle due to blinking cursor ren... by pcwalton on Thursday March 23, 2017 @02:55PM (#13942952)
> WPF is perfectly fine for high DPI apps and still beats all this web stuff by orders of magnitude.

> CSS people still think a grid is a choice of "small" "medium" and "large" columns/rows. Haha.

CSS Grid is literally Microsoft taking the WPF grid layout and porting it to the Web!

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Re:VS Code uses 13% CPU when idle due to blinking cursor ren... by revelation on Thursday March 23, 2017 @03:05PM (#13943064)
Yes, that is what I'm saying. They are not porting it because previous solutions have been just as capable.
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Re:VS Code uses 13% CPU when idle due to blinking cursor ren... by pcwalton on Thursday March 23, 2017 @03:10PM (#13943124)
But they did port it. That's why CSS Grid exists…
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Re:VS Code uses 13% CPU when idle due to blinking cursor ren... by coldtea on Thursday March 23, 2017 @03:53PM (#13943587)
Yes, but his point is that for ages it didn't exist. Like, for 2 decades and something, was first tables, then "floats" BS.

And even now it's still not mature and supported in all browsers.

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