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On 13 December 2011 01:59, Andrei Alexandrescu <
SeeWebsiteForEmail at erdani.org> wrote:

> On 12/12/11 1:03 PM, 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
>>
>
> Look at the Mac...
>
> Andrei
>

Have you actually tried to use XCode professionally? ... ;)
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