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[Jacob Carlborg]

On 2011-12-12 20:03, Jonathan M Davis wrote:
> 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

Mac OS X is the perfect example of that.

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/Jacob Carlborg