Why I Still Use Vim

Re:Why I Still Use Vim by executesorder66 on Thursday January 04, 2018 @06:32AM (#16069540)

> worth the "cost" for me. I have 32 gigs of RAM

I can see this conversation in the future:

"I have 128TB of RAM"

"Why the hell do you need so much RAM, what's the point?"

"I use electron apps."

"Oh..."

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Re:Why I Still Use Vim by falcolas on Thursday January 04, 2018 @09:56AM (#16070694)

Slightly modified for a more probable representation of the future:

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"Why the hell do you need so much RAM, what's the point?"

"It's a Chrome box running web-native apps."

"Oh..."

WASM is defining our future. It might not be chrome boxes, it could be Safari boxes, or Edge boxes, or Brave boxes, or... Why use MacOS/Windows/Linux when everything is available to a sufficiently powerful JS interpreter with built-in sandboxing?

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Re:Why I Still Use Vim by pluma on Friday January 05, 2018 @09:19AM (#16078681)

As I said elsewhere, I could make do with 16 gigs but I sometimes need to run things like development databases or Windows VMs (plural) on this too and I like the breathing room.

I already said it's a trade-off. Even with multiple instances side by side, VSCode barely registers. A gig of RAM may matter to you but I'm going to guess your needs are very different from mine and VSCode helps me do my job better than the alternatives I've tried.

Also, as you might be unaware of that: you're being a bit of an ass.

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Re:Why I Still Use Vim by executesorder66 on Monday January 08, 2018 @01:35AM (#16095050)

I have 16GB of RAM. Although I normally don't use more than 2GB. But as you said, it's sometimes very useful. Especially in the case of running multiple VMs. I too like the breathing room.

> Also, as you might be unaware of that: you're being a bit of an ass.

If you are offended that your favorite text editor uses as much RAM as an entire web browser, then shooting the messenger isn't going to help.

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