You may not like the languages, but it's way easier to add a new feature to thes...

btreecat · 2025-01-14T15:45:56 1736869556

I think with out a working definition of "easy/hard" it's all hand-waving.

From a documentation, examples, accessibility, tooling, and number of people you can get help from, JS wins.

What other metrics should we consider when comparing, API complexity, LOC for average plugins, google results?

I think if we had a reasonable baseline for comparison, it would be helpful.

skydhash · 2025-01-14T22:45:36 1736894736

> From a documentation, examples, accessibility, tooling, and number of people you can get help from, JS wins

Maybe as a general purpose language, but for this specific comparison (extending editors). Elisp and Emacs wins. Vimscript is not the best plugin language, but the interation process is way better than VSC.