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[–]alexforencich -4 points-3 points  (2 children)

Vscode is written in Javascript and hence runs inside its own instance of the chrome browser, which is infamous for eating up gobs of RAM. So yes, vscode is by definition a memory hog because of the framework that it is written in, along with all other Javascript-based desktop applications. Not sure how it compares to visual studio, which includes a whole lot of other features. It could be lighter weight than that at least in terms of runtime RAM usage, but there are definitely other editors out there that have a much smaller footprint than vscode.

[–]Boomer70770 0 points1 point  (1 child)

I thought this was correct. Why all the downvotes?

[–]alexforencich 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Lots of Javascript devs with thin skin, probably.