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by trymas 3695 days ago
Because C (or C++, I do not know exactly) and not vast amounts of layers of abstraction?
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Hurtak 3695 days ago
I thought Sublime is written mainly in Python?
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Terribledactyl 3695 days ago
It implements a Python interface so the plugin ecosystem uses it, but the core of it is c++ afaik.
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Cthulhu_ 3695 days ago
Python actually, IIRC
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satysin 3695 days ago
Sublime Text (the editor) is written in C++. Python is used for the plugin API.
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criddell 3695 days ago
Do you know how they managed to have a consistent cross-platform UI?
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lobster_johnson 3694 days ago
Sublime has its own proprietary UI framework: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2822114.
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criddell 3694 days ago
Thanks! I really would love to see a write up of that.
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