Re: Pretty Win9x Perl Editor/IDE?

I agree on that previous comment of IDEs as a "crutch". Nothing beats emacs. I don't actually see how syntax highlighting helps; I've used a couple of crappy editors like that myself and it only serves to confuse me WHILE I'm typing since the comment coloring and other colors may be changing as you type. What a waste of CPU time! emacs makes any code as readable as it's gonna get. There is such a thing as too many options (especially useless options). If you can't imagine and plan your program in your own head, then you shouldn't have become a programmer.

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RE: Re: Pretty Win9x Perl Editor/IDE? by Speedfreak (Sexton) on Aug 07, 2000 at 23:11 UTC
Well what I'm looking for is something like Editplus but a bit more rubust. See, Editplus does a nice job of colour syntaxing my code, even to colouring the variables not just the keywords. Its certainly not a CPU hog that I've noticed and if anything it makes it easier to debug because it makes it easier to spot syntax errors - it doesnt try to correct them. There a few autocompletes, mainly for if, while and fore statements which are generally O.K. But, I think a good IDE makes you more productive. In some languages there are a lot of keywords and so on to learn and having a friendly reminder save having to hunt through a manual or book. Especially if like me you can work for 3 months on one language and then have to swap to another afterwards. - Jed	[reply]

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RE: Re: Pretty Win9x Perl Editor/IDE?
by Speedfreak (Sexton) on Aug 07, 2000 at 23:11 UTC

Well what I'm looking for is something like Editplus but a bit more rubust.

See, Editplus does a nice job of colour syntaxing my code, even to colouring the variables not just the keywords.

Its certainly not a CPU hog that I've noticed and if anything it makes it easier to debug because it makes it easier to spot syntax errors - it doesnt try to correct them.

There a few autocompletes, mainly for if, while and fore statements which are generally O.K.

But, I think a good IDE makes you more productive. In some languages there are a lot of keywords and so on to learn and having a friendly reminder save having to hunt through a manual or book. Especially if like me you can work for 3 months on one language and then have to swap to another afterwards.

- Jed

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