I&#x27;ve once tried to look at the source code of Eclipse many years ago. It was by far the most over-engineered thing I&#x27;ve seen in my entire life.<p>I&#x27;ve since found out about Emacs and the contrast is striking; Emacs being a shining example of simplicity and extreme power while Eclipse is literally bloated boilerplate central in comparison.<p>This pretty much prevents me from taking anything coming out of the Eclipse Foundation seriously.