Comments on: What do Sophisticated Languages Have To Offer? http://www.chrylers.com/2006/05/03/what-do-sophisticated-languages-have-to-offer/ Just another WordPress weblog Thu, 20 Nov 2008 22:05:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.3 by: Amit Patel http://www.chrylers.com/2006/05/03/what-do-sophisticated-languages-have-to-offer/#comment-1269 Mon, 11 Jun 2007 16:04:46 +0000 http://www.chrylers.com/2006/05/03/what-do-sophisticated-languages-have-to-offer/#comment-1269 IDEs tend to be really good for one platform. Even Eclipse, which supports many languages, is largely focused on Java. Emacs is reasonable for a lot of different languages and systems. If you're going to switch OSes or languages every 5 years, it makes sense to try out vim or Emacs, which will be around for a long time. If you're mostly using one system, then Emacs won't be as valuable to you. IDEs tend to be really good for one platform. Even Eclipse, which supports many languages, is largely focused on Java. Emacs is reasonable for a lot of different languages and systems. If you’re going to switch OSes or languages every 5 years, it makes sense to try out vim or Emacs, which will be around for a long time. If you’re mostly using one system, then Emacs won’t be as valuable to you.

]]> by: kristian http://www.chrylers.com/2006/05/03/what-do-sophisticated-languages-have-to-offer/#comment-7 Wed, 03 May 2006 21:17:08 +0000 http://www.chrylers.com/2006/05/03/what-do-sophisticated-languages-have-to-offer/#comment-7 I think I'll have to give Emacs another shot. I wasn't too fond of it when I used it a couple of years ago, but I have been brought up in a Microsoft world, so I guess I was unfairly biased.. I think that Eclipse is great for Java development but the last time I tried, the c++ plugin was no way near state-of-the-art c++ IDEs. I think I’ll have to give Emacs another shot. I wasn’t too fond of it when I used it a couple of years ago, but I have been brought up in a Microsoft world, so I guess I was unfairly biased..
I think that Eclipse is great for Java development but the last time I tried, the c++ plugin was no way near state-of-the-art c++ IDEs.

]]> by: Marc http://www.chrylers.com/2006/05/03/what-do-sophisticated-languages-have-to-offer/#comment-6 Wed, 03 May 2006 10:27:03 +0000 http://www.chrylers.com/2006/05/03/what-do-sophisticated-languages-have-to-offer/#comment-6 One of the most interesting IDEs to me is the Emacs/SLIME environment for Lisp. It's not so much the "Intellisense" aspect - it's the very interactive, incremental approach that it encourages. It gives you lots of early feedback and it's fun. I always wonder if I should be using a more polished modern IDE like Eclipse for my C++ development. Intuitively, it feels to me like I get 90% of what I need from Emacs and I can run it from any terminal over ssh, so I've never ended up using Eclipse for any length of time. One of the most interesting IDEs to me is the Emacs/SLIME environment for Lisp. It’s not so much the “Intellisense” aspect - it’s the very interactive, incremental approach that it encourages. It gives you lots of early feedback and it’s fun.

I always wonder if I should be using a more polished modern IDE like Eclipse for my C++ development. Intuitively, it feels to me like I get 90% of what I need from Emacs and I can run it from any terminal over ssh, so I’ve never ended up using Eclipse for any length of time.

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