Always interesting to hear such claims when graphic editors like Penpot, which have much tighter perf requirements than editors, are so fast while using React.
I think a lot of people don't consider how complex text editors are and then there are the complexities of an IDE, or extensions, to be able to interact with it.
I think a lot of people don't consider how complex text editors are and then there are the complexities of an IDE, or extensions, to be able to interact with it.
ropes? gap buffers? https://code.visualstudio.com/blogs/2018/03/23/text-buffer-r...
how vscode does it,
- https://code.visualstudio.com/blogs/2018/03/23/text-buffer-r...
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piece_table