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A minor corollary to this is that, as the user types, IDEs should predictably try to make programs valid – e.g. via structured editing, balancing parens in Lisp
by nxobject 1y ago
A minor corollary to this is that, as the user types, IDEs should predictably try to make programs valid – e.g. via structured editing, balancing parens in Lisp like paredit, etc.
- ivanjermakov 1y agoThis moves language design responsibility to the tool from the language itself. It might be okay to not hurt language elegance (e.g. lisp syntax), but in general I expect language to be convenient regardless of dev environment.
- 6yyyyyy 1y agoPlease no. I hate when the editor adds random shit I didn't type to the file.