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[Jonathan M Davis]

On Monday, December 12, 2011 20:39:11 Manu wrote:
> On 12 December 2011 20:09, Hans Uhlig <hans.uhlig at teamaol.com> wrote:
> > On 12/11/2011 1:26 PM, Peter Alexander wrote:
> >> On 11/12/11 1:52 AM, Walter Bright wrote:
> >>> On 12/10/2011 4:46 PM, Peter Alexander wrote:
> >>>> I think either would be fine, but having to use the command line
> >>>> for
> >>>> anything on
> >>>> Windows is a no-no these days in terms of usability.
> >>> 
> >>> Since dmd is a command line tool anyway, why is it a usability
> >>> problem
> >>> to use dman?
> >> 
> >> Why do you think so many people ask for IDEs? :-)
> >> 
> >> Windows people are used to Visual Studio doing everything for them.
> >> Hit
> >> F7 to compile, F5 to run under debugger, click on lines to set
> >> breakpoints.
> > 
> > That's because cmd sucks. MS Powershell isn't much better. I have to use
> > mintty just to be able to have a sane environment. Linux is a very shell
> > oriented OS still even with Kde and Gnome. Microsoft did everything in
> > its power to kill off the shell for "useability" reasons.
> 
> And they did a great job. Visual Studio is a fantastically productive
> coding environment.

Having a great GUI and a great shell are not mutually exclusive.

- Jonathan M Davis