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Usually calling something the best is entirely subjective, but I believe due to the closed ecosystem surrounding Visual Studio, competitors don't stand a chance
by beefsack 13y ago
Usually calling something the best is entirely subjective, but I believe due to the closed ecosystem surrounding Visual Studio, competitors don't stand a chance regardless of how bloated and cumbersome it is.
It's also interesting how analogous that situation is to many others concerning walled gardens in computing.
- rbanffy 13y ago> best is entirely subjective Indeed. For starters, I won't run on a Mac. Or Linux. Or BSD. Does it do Java as well as Eclipse or NetBeans? Can I write Clojure code with it?
- profquail 13y agoFWIW, you can write Clojure (clojure-clr) code with Visual Studio: http://dev.clojure.org/display/doc/Getting+Started+with+CLR+and+Visual+Studio http://dev.clojure.org/display/doc/Getting+Started+with+CLR+...