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0 pointsangersock12y ago0 comments

...using tools from the late 70s/early 80s no doubt (vim, emacs, etc.)

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Unix, DOS/Windows, etc.

Just because it was originally conceived and created then, doesn't mean there hasn't been a fair amount of evolution in those products since that time.

sigzero12y ago

There isn't anything better than Vim or Emacs. Sorry.

angersockOP12y ago

For text editing, sure.

For an IDE for, say, C/C++, Visual Studio beats it soundly. For Java, Eclipse.

All that said, these tools are quite useful despite being old--I don't mean anything pointing out their age other than that a somewhat old laptop is probably still quite sufficient.

brianpgordon12y ago

Eclipse? Surely you mean IntelliJ IDEA.

thirdsight12y ago

Yes indeed. Vim+FreeBSD+C

Nothing has shown itself as significantly better yet.

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