From: gabriele renzi <rff_rff@...>
Date: 2004-10-27T20:24:03+09:00
Subject: Re: Auto-completion editor/IDE

Tim Sutherland ha scritto:


> irb/completion basically just uses `foo.methods'. irb is doing completion at
> runtime. In an editor you really want compile-time completion.

you don't necessarily need to have the two separated, just think of the 
smalltalk environments.
A friend of mine points out often how cool the SLIME system for lisp 
(based on emacs) is, and it is basically an ide talking to a live 
environment (think of bridging irb and freeride or whatever)