VS is no just-text editor. But hey, that's a flame war waiting to happen!
On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 8:06 PM, Darkseid <lorddae...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> 2. It's easy to hire an IDE-aware monkey to do programming in "proven >> technology" >> > I do most of my work in Ruby (and have done for a few years now). Every day > I bemoan the lack of a powerful refactoring IDE like Java has in IntelliJ. A > good IDE is a massive productivity booster; you can only get so far with a > text editor*, no matter how many macros you have set up. Honestly. > > Best, > Sidu. > http://blog.sidu.in > http://twitter.com/ponnappa > > * This is especially true of USD1800 text editors like Visual Studio. > > Pradeep Gowda wrote: > >> That's what the big boys of the world wants you to believe. I had met a >>> very >>> senior official in the government a techy himself and spent 3 hours >>> showing >>> him virtues of Python and Django, hoping that they will change the RFP >>> terms. >>> >>> I found out yesterday that the application has to be developed on a >>> proven >>> technology like Java,C++ or C#. When I spoke to the gentleman he said his >>> consultant said that dynamically typed languages are not safe for mission >>> critical work. The work is far from being mission-critical is another >>> point >>> altogether..... >>> >>> >> >> That's because "big boys" define the market suitable to themselves. >> >> 1. it's easier to code more, take more time when using "proven technology" >> 2. It's easy to hire an IDE-aware monkey to do programming in "proven >> technology". >> >> Anyway, one answer to "proven technology" bugaboo is Jython and >> IronPython. It's still Java(platform) and .NET >> with bi-directional compatibility. >> +PG >> _______________________________________________ >> BangPypers mailing list >> BangPypers@python.org >> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/bangpypers >> >> >> > _______________________________________________ > BangPypers mailing list > BangPypers@python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/bangpypers > -- Yuvi Panda T http://yuvisense.net _______________________________________________ BangPypers mailing list BangPypers@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/bangpypers
