From: x1 <caldridge@...>
Date: 2005-12-21T13:07:23+09:00
Subject: Re: Unix is not an *I*DE (Was: Any TextMate Editor equivelent for Windows ?)

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On 12/20/05, Gregory Brown <gregory.t.brown@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 12/20/05, Chad Perrin <perrin@apotheon.com> wrote:
>
> > > Am i the only one that thinks Linux and IDE should not be in the same sentance?
> >
> > I guess that depends on how you mean that.
>
> The power of GNU/Linux lies in the very fact that it is NOT an IDE.
> You are taking it to mean development environment, and it certainly is
> a fine one.
>
> But the thing that makes GNU/Linux differ from any sort of IDE is that
> it does not enforce a particular toolset over another one.  With some
> effort, you can have an effectively standardized platform on linux,
> but in general, it's a ton of tools duct taped together in the way the
> individual developer enjoys most.
>
> Calling it an IDE is an over abstraction... and is just plain wrong,
> both in the sense of the word, and in the philisophical sense.
> However, calling it a fine development platform that precludes the
> need for an IDE, while controversial and debatable, would be something
> I'd agree on.
>
>