On 14 September 2015 at 08:16, Uwe Fechner <uwe.fechner....@gmail.com> wrote:
> While I understand your point, the success of a new programming language > depends on the availability of a good IDE. > No it doesn't. C, C++, Perl, Python, Fortran, JavaScript, PHP, and arguably even Java became successful long before they acquired an IDE. I think that there are more languages that became successful without an IDE than with one, so let's not overstate the issue. An IDE is *good* to have because *some* people want them. Good documentation is more important. Having the right features and being at the right place at the right time is even more important. > Apart from the projects, mentioned so far I also want to mention spyder. > Integrating Julia support would be easy and it would make the transition > for Python users easier. > Not everyone, who needs some programming in for example in science wants > to become a "hardcore hacker". > > https://github.com/spyder-ide/spyder > > Sure, why not. But it might be a bit odd to depend on Python to start work on Julia. Cheers, Daniel.
