On Thu, Dec 18, 2008 at 3:20 AM, Jan Rychter <j...@rychter.com> wrote: > I don't buy it. When you start using Python, nobody handholds you so > that you can pick an editor. You just use whatever you have. So what's > the deal here?
At least on Windows, Python comes with IDLE, which is surprisingly full-featured given its simplicity. It's got an integrated editor, repl, debugger, help files, etc. Very, very easy to get up and running, and I've used Python for real work for years without needing anything more elaborate. Perhaps the cream-of-the-crop for simple-to-use-but-powerful IDEs is DrScheme, the IDE that comes with PLT Scheme. I find it far more pleasant than the mega-complicated Java IDEs lke Eclipse. And of course, PLT has had many years of graduate students researching and including innovative features like their macro debugger, which I haven't seen in any other development environment. Something like that for Clojure would be a huge boon, but of course, it took them many man-years to develop, so I'm not holding my breath. Something along the lines of Python's IDLE seems more realistic. Clojure is designed to be a real-world language for practical use, so practical details, such as IDEs, take on significance. Yes, these are early days, and it's a sign that the language gets so much right that people "want it now", and overall, that's a good thing. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
