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It's a silly/simple comment. but I just have to make it. Not long ago I noticed a student writing their first LISP program using vim. I don't know why, but the
by anaphoric 19y ago
It's a silly/simple comment. but I just have to make it.
Not long ago I noticed a student writing their
first LISP program using vim. I don't know why, but the editor was not indicating ballanced parentheses. I was horrified and got this student to give emacs a try.
LISP is my favorite language, but if you use the wrong editor, it can be hell on earth. If you want to turn someone on to LISP, don't forget to point this obvious fact out!
I wonder how many novices get turned off to LISP because of this.
- shiro 19y agoI've heard somewhere that PG uses vi. Is that true? Besides, there are some nice Lisp modes for vim, which not only shows matching parens but indents, autocompletes, and does a lot more (or so I heard; I'm a emacs user).