Hacker Newsnew | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submitlogin

That's pretty much the #1 reason why most people still stick to sublime or other text editors. Atom just can't handle large files. It's a shame really because Atom actually looks great and works well as a point and click text editor. But right now Sublime offers everything Atom offers but built on a C++ engine.

In Vim I can just open up a 21mb db dump, do some regex to delete unwanted rows, and be done after a few seconds. Its amazing how vim can handle large files. I cannot imagine doing the same in Atom.



> right now Sublime offers everything Atom offers but built on a C++ engine.

Oh come on now, that's really exagerating.


Not really. C++ will be much faster than JavaScript. Your battery will last a lot longer on your laptop too.

For many tasks JavaScript might be fast enough but as your project grows and you want to fo more complicated tasks, you'll hit a wall with JavaScript.




Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact

Search: