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Most code editors are similar to notepad.exe in that they are "text editors", but unlike notepad.exe they have functionality built into them to send the code into the compiler.

Was Notepad written to be a code editing platform? If so, "Notepad" seems like an odd name choice. I've only ever used Notepad to cleanly and completely strip formatting out of text.