From: Massimiliano Mirra <list@...>
Date: 2002-06-22T03:51:02+09:00
Subject: Re: (OT) Right Tool [Re: Why is I/O slow?]

On Sat, Jun 22, 2002 at 03:11:06AM +0900, Chris Ross wrote:
> : > I disagree about the 'powerful programming environment';
> : > I find that most Windows IDEs (even VS, sadly) are superior to any
> : > extant Linux IDE excepting Kylix, and in most cases, I find an IDE
> : > to be preferable to the alternative. It is, however, a functional
> : > environment, and one can get the job done without too much trouble.
> : As a personal note: I had two years of experience in Delphi, and after
> : I had migrated to Linux and was looking forward to put them to use
> : through Kylix, I tried Emacs and stumbled upon Ruby.
> Delphi was [and still is] fantastic. I got my teeth really dirty with it
> about 5 years ago and fell in love with it. The best bit was playing with
> event driven object based [and gui] development. 

> It's all about the right tool for the job.

I agree, of course.  My statement was that IDEs are not necessarily
superior to ``programming environment'', and in fact the opposite was
true in my case.  That's why a called it a personal note. :-)

Massimiliano