Had another 48hr game jam this weekend...

[Piotr Szturmaj]

On 01.09.2013 20:19, Iain Buclaw wrote:
> On 1 September 2013 19:01, Peter Alexander <peter.alexander.au at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Thank you for sharing this experience Manu, I had no idea there were so many
>> issues with D on windows. I primarily use OSX without problems, but have
>> also used it on windows for small projects, but I haven't experienced the
>> issues you describe.
>>
>> Can I just say to some of the others in this thread: comments along the
>> lines of "use vim" or "use a free os" are not helpful. These are legitimate
>> users and their issues are legitimate also, whether you agree with their
>> choice of environment or not.
>
> They were also my silly answers, and I say them because I spent a week
> sharing a room with Manu.  (So he should by now know when I am talking
> seriously. :o)
>
> I also voice them because "everyone should be forced to develop in an
> IDE" is not a helpful either (and so, I make my point in this way by
> countering with the extreme opposite).  It's all about freedom of
> choice, and if you impose restrictions on people (removing makefiles)
> because another option provides convenience (IDEs) regardless of the
> freedom to use that tool, well, err... yeah...

Some IDEs (such as Eclipse CDT) work at "layer above" the makefiles, so 
it's not that they can't coexist.