D dropped in favour of C# for PSP emulator

[Manu]

On 20 May 2012 17:19, Timon Gehr <timon.gehr at gmx.ch> wrote:

> On 05/18/2012 06:59 PM, Bruno Medeiros wrote:
>
>> On 12/05/2012 01:00, Timon Gehr wrote:
>>
>>> some essential properties:
>>> - starts up instantaneously
>>>
>> ....
>>
>>> some 'nice to have' properties:
>>> - code analysis based code completion
>>>
>>  > - integrated debugger
>>
>> So just starting up the IDE is more important than actually writing code
>> or fixing bugs?...
>>
>>
> No, you misunderstand.
>
> - Time spent starting up the IDE is lost time that could be spent doing
> something productive instead. Hardware is fast. There is simply no excuse
> for poor start up times/poor responsiveness.
>
> - The current IDEs have poor support for editing and navigating text.
> Furthermore, 'pattern recognition based code completion' was on my list as
> well.
>
> - I am more efficient at bug-chasing by sending relevant data to stdout
> instead of setting breakpoints and fighting the GUI until I understand what
> is going on. (I think that one of the most useful features of eclipse is
> the built-in console.) Furthermore, in my experience, almost all bugs are
> trivial regressions and/or caught immediately by reasonably good
> assertions. YMMV.
>
> - I concur that when faced with a new code base, or just poorly written
> code not written by oneself, some of the IDE features are very useful in
> order to get up to speed. But why does this functionality have to come in a
> GUI app, fully integrated with other components that may have drawbacks
> even if they are not explicitly used?
>
>
>  Seriously, I'm never going to understand you "editor" people..
>>
>>
> I do not see how this is relevant. Is your misunderstanding of the post
> deliberate?
>

It's also worth noting that this guy dropped D for C#. That's a pretty
clear indication the environment was important to him.
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