On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 2:51 PM, Alexander Yakushev <yakushev.a...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Feb 27, 9:13 pm, Cedric Greevey <cgree...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Whoa, hold your horses. Aren't "Decent" and "Emacs-based" mutually-exclusive? > > No, they are not. > >> "Novice-friendly" and "Emacs-based" definitely are. > > Well, if we are considering a novice in software development then you > are probably right. I was particularly talking about new users of > Clojure. A seasoned developer can get acquainted with Emacs pretty > easily and fast. Perhaps without the hairloss you described. > >> Sorry, but this is probably a nonstarter... > > It could be, it could be not. After all I suppose the biggest part of > the Clojure community still uses Emacs and I see a constant growth of > reasons to it. CDT which I had not heard of until recently is a tool > of a great usability improvement. This means that Emacs still matters > for Clojure developers. And I don't think this is where you should > apply a strict dichotomy between the hairy dudes stuck in middle ages > with Emacs and all others who are used to common principles of Eclipse/ > VS/etc. The usability is not 0 or 1, it is a ladder with lots of small > steps. The higher you get the more users you have.
The emacs learning curve is more like a vertical cliff face than a ladder with lots of small steps... -- 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 Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. 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
