On Jan 21, 2012, at 10:35 AM, Manu <turkey...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 21 January 2012 18:09, Sean Kelly <s...@invisibleduck.org> > > Seriously? I usually turn that feature off if I use an IDE that has it. > Large projects aren't an issue. I've worked on some counted in millions of > lines of code. > > Why even argue this? What's the point in intentionally making D unappealing > to anyone who works in a non-linux professional environment? Do you aim to > alienate those users from the community; keep the community nice and small... > I honestly don't understand how so many people around here can blindly > consider windows users, and 'IDE users' in general, a niche or minority user > base, and also, what the value of presenting this argument might actually be?
I wasn't making any sort of argument, I was merely surprised at this statement. Even most of the Java devs I know aren't this reliant on an IDE.
