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Re: Promised new IDE? [message #48849 is a reply to message #48811]

Tue, 30 May 2006 16:23

David Fanning
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Michael Galloy writes:

> I use Eclipse as well and I'll agree that it is great (and I've used it
> on Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X). It has a bit of startup time, but
> after that I don't really notice it being any slower than a native app.
> It is also "project based" (i.e. every file is part of a project), so
> I'm interested in how that is going to work for the "interactive IDL" users.

Oh, oh. The thing isn't even released yet and already we are
hearing about the Dark Side. This can't be good.

> The other thing that I think will be great is that it should be open to
> third party authors making plugins that extend (or change) the
> functionality of the DE. It only takes a few developers out there making
> plugins to greatly enhance the value of the new DE.

Well, now *this* sounds like the marketing model I'm more
used to. :-)

Cheers,

David

P.S. Do you think the people making the value-added plug-ins
will get a T-shirt?

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David Fanning, Ph.D.
Fanning Software Consulting, Inc.
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		Promised new IDE? By: swingnut on Tue, 23 May 2006 17:21
		Re: Promised new IDE? By: Michael Galloy on Wed, 31 May 2006 08:37
		Re: Promised new IDE? By: David Fanning on Tue, 30 May 2006 16:23
		Re: Promised new IDE? By: Michael Galloy on Tue, 30 May 2006 16:12
		Re: Promised new IDE? By: Paul Van Delst[1] on Fri, 02 June 2006 09:59
		Re: Promised new IDE? By: Mark Hadfield on Tue, 30 May 2006 15:48
		Re: Promised new IDE? By: Paul Van Delst[1] on Mon, 05 June 2006 12:47
		Re: Promised new IDE? By: Michael Galloy on Mon, 05 June 2006 12:31
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