Comment by WhereIsTheTruth
6 days ago
> For extensions, the choice was either TypeScript (and get this bloat) or go with Lua and a much smaller binary (but less popular language).
Incredible, the technical choice got overridden by popularity, leading straight to bloat
I see extension language choice as a user-facing UX decision, and convenience is a leading concern.
I'd argue using lua is is more convenient than typescript
What ever suits you, you didn't mind shipping a 400mb executable after all, so what do i know