see how I can interactively change shit as the program is running. totally sweet
enjoy.
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Anonymous2007-07-29 12:51 ID:/DHWXn5o
To develop, you only need a text editor. If a language requires you to use more than that, it sucks.
While I agree with the sentiment to some degree, I think you too have suffered too long with *nix and its burden.
Take a look at the way Genera did things for a developer. I hear the Smalltalk world has something similar. Factor is miles away from achieving it, but it's trying to get there.
Now ask yourself if your favorite language or environment has anything anywhere close to that. Unless you're a PL weenie, 95% chance you don't.
The problem isn't the editor or IDE. A "simple" editor indicates that you think the editor should somehow be separate from the rest of the system, and thus you loose out on all the goodies such a thing could bring. Things like Eclipse and Emacs are just a poor attempt to cover this over, and thus are large and ugly while still missing the point.
The problem is something far more fundamental, and it's in large part a heritage of UNIX.