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> Having all this functionality available in a single integrated package... s/available/trapped/ s/integrated/monolithic/ ;-) I think IDEs are useful, yet t

by lelele 16y ago

> Having all this functionality available in a single integrated package... s/available/trapped/ s/integrated/monolithic/ ;-) I think IDEs are useful, yet they always make me think what a bad example of code reuse they are. Code reuse? Are you kidding? Much better rewriting each plugin with each IDE ;-) EDIT: By "monolithic" I don't mean that IDEs are not modular; I mean you can't use their modules elsewhere.

CGamesPlay 16y ago
You're not suggesting Emacs or Vim is somehow better, are you?
- lelele 16y ago
  Emacs and Vim are as good as the tools they can build upon, just like Eclipse is as good as available plugins. If you are going to develop in Erlang or Common Lisp, chances are Emacs is the best free IDE around (I don't know about Vim). It isn't so if you are going to develop in Java. There is a lot of wheel reinventing in the Emacs and Vim's camps too, however. I just wanted to say that no matter how much code reuse is valued by developers, the tools they use the most are made with the less reusable pieces of software around.