Bill Atkins wrote: > > On the plus side, Python makes less demands on the > > capabilities of the editor. All you really need > > is block-shifting commands. Bracket matching is > > handy for expressions but not vital, and you > > certainly don't need bracket-based auto-indenting. > > Oh, please. So we should restrict the power of the languages we > choose just to make sure that our code can be edited in Notepad?
In the real world, it's a non-negligible consideration, IMO. I find myself needing to write code on machines that aren't my usual dev machine at least a couple of times a year, and not having to install a particular editor is nice (especially in terms of keeping the modifications to someone else's machine down to a minimum). It's hardly a dealbreaker for a particular language, but it's far from worthless. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
