From: Benedikt Heinen <ruby@...>
Date: 2005-08-16T17:33:13+09:00
Subject: Re: Setting up Eclipse for Ruby


> Isn't Eclipse horribly slow ? How much time does it take to launch it
> for example ?

Hmmm...  Isn't this question similarly nonsensical as the one to find out 
whether it's possible to write an REPL in less than 70 lines just in order 
to know whether a language is good or not?

Yes, eclipse is slower than most native compiled apps, but where does the 
startup time come in? I don't really think it costs my company that much 
for me to wait another 10 seconds (if that much) to start eclipse; I think 
they are more interested in whether I can work productively with it, or 
whether it will cost me more time due to bad user interface design or 
other issues.

The startup cost only comes into the equation once or twice a day at most 
(if I use it on the laptop I carry between work and home), or maybe once a 
month (if it's on the desktop machine at home/work, i.e. about once per 
login cycle); if that much...

There are things in eclipse worth noting as "not very sophisticated", but 
I wouldn't waste time comparing startup times for IDEs as a measure of 
quality.



Benedikt

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