Now try to follow your own sources, both links for that sentence call it a code editor with MS doing the correct reverence " happy with using a regular code editor like Sublime Text instead of a full IDE like Visual Studio."!
It's also called so on its official page "The open source AI code editor"
So try to make an actual argument/use a proper source for one instead of treating wikis as the ultimate truth
> What IDE with plugins starts faster?
Sublime Text, which is as much an IDE as VSCode
> And I'm not talking about the startup time of VSCode.
You're, you are responding to a point about very slow startup time
VSCode is an IDE https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visual_Studio_Code
>Visual Studio is the one to compare to "any other heavy IDE"
Why? VSCode is an example of a well-made product from MSFT, unlike Explorer.
>and there are plenty of code editors with plugins that start much faster,
What IDE with plugins starts faster? And I'm not talking about the startup time of VSCode.