What I meant to say was that "eight megabytes" sounds silly today. Who cares if an app uses 8MB today? The extrapolation is that it will be the same for Atom or other editors (I'd argue that it already is).
I created my first programs with a computer which had exactly 28815 bytes free when it booted up (out of a possible 64k). If you plugged in a floppy drive, the free memory dropped further.
What I meant to say was that "eight megabytes" sounds silly today. Who cares if an app uses 8MB today? The extrapolation is that it will be the same for Atom or other editors (I'd argue that it already is).
I created my first programs with a computer which had exactly 28815 bytes free when it booted up (out of a possible 64k). If you plugged in a floppy drive, the free memory dropped further.
So, I do understand resource constraints.
Btw,