Re: Comparison of Java, C# for development on Windows and future for them

From: Frans Bouma <perseus_at_xs4all.nl>
Date: Sun, 12 Jan 2003 08:29:44 -0800
Message-ID: <Xns9301B186CA821perseusxs4allnl@207.46.248.16>

"kim bruning" <kim_at_NObruning.SPAMdemon.HEREnl.invalid> wrote in news:utvrva.36d.ln_at_bruning.demon.nl:
> Chad Myers <cmyers_at_n0.sp.4m.austin.rr.com> wrote:

>> "kim bruning" <kim_at_NObruning.SPAMdemon.HEREnl.invalid> wrote in message
>> news:g55pva.2ab.ln_at_bruning.demon.nl...
>> Most IDEs are visual, whereas
>> VI is more character mode.

>
> The irony here is that VI stands for VIsual. %-)

    	heh, yeah visual ed. VI is nothing more than ed with multiple
    	lines. (At least, in the old days without vim, ed's commands
    	were also usable in VI).

    	Compared to sed, vi was visual indeed. 

>>But to call VI an IDE is a little misguided. VI is a very powerful 
>>editor. 

>
> This is correct.
>
> But let us observe this verocious beast in its natural habitat,
> namely, the unix environment. We see now, that vim has hooks into
> ctags, make, ispell, etc.. and that these again have hooks branching
> out and so-forth, making the undergrowth in this virtual jungle so
> thick, that it is impossible to tell where the one starts and the
> other ends.
>
> Let's try and feed it and see what happens. Yikes! You
> see that?
>
> Let's look again, now in slow motion... here one moment I was
> still typing the source-code, feeding it one crumb at a time
> and then, all at once: SNAP! A running programme.
>
> Fascinating.

            you shouldn't eat too much of those blue pills. ;)

>>Can I host an "online" meeting?

>
> You could do this with ed+finger, but perhaps the programme
> "talk" is more suitable for this.

    	wasn't talk a Sun tool, using SunOS features?
    	but ed+finger? haha :)

> Really, MS is only about 3 decades behind the leading edge,
> their software is only a bit prettier. ;-)

    	talk didn't support multiple users, did it? (ircII is
    	a better 'talk')

    	FB

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