[orange8]

> At what cost?

It is free! Free as in free beer. So all those trillions are going to very good use, considering it is the most used editor. And its open source too!! What a web tech success story this one...

> and still running into issues like "we can't make the terminal fast enough

Imagine that! A cross-platform code editor with its own configurable integrated terminal that hooks into the apps extension system. But someone wrote a blog post in 2017 explaining some performance improvements, so bring out the pitch-forks and burn it all down!

[illiarian]

> It is free! Free as in free beer.

You're confusing price and cost of development

> so bring out the pitch-forks and burn it all down!

That is literally not what I wrote, but at this point it's clear you're not interested in discussion beyond low-level trolling.

Adieu

[orange8]

> That is literally not what I wrote,

Yes. Not all discourse has to be literal. It's called a a metaphor. And your "trillion dollar company throwing thousands of man-years" is called a hyperbole. You are talking about the most successful cross platform code editor of all time, so if you want to be taken seriously, use level-headed arguments rather than emotional exaggerations.

> but at this point it's clear you're not interested in discussion beyond low-level trolling.

> Adieu

I wouldn't consider a discussion where someone cites a 6 year old blog post about performance improvements as proof of "throwing thousands of man years" as a serious, or worthwhile discussion. You can go. Don't let the door hit you on the way out.

[wkearney99]

And yet he was entirely correct, and you're just coming off as being petulantly pedantic.