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ActiveState Discontinues VisualPerl/Python

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the somebody-somewhere-freaks-out dept.

Noiser writes "ActiveState discontinues VisualPerl and VisualPython for Windows. Demand doesn't justify further development, they say. No, they don't mean to open-source these products, due to licensing problems with the inseparable MS Visual Studio integration code. Back to vi/Notepad/Komodo, then..."

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  1. Re:Welcome To Hell by Theatetus · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    sigh

    OK, you parenthesis-phobes, tell me what's so much better about:

    f(g(x->y));
    as opposed to
    (f (g (get 'y x)))
    ?

    I absolutely love developing in Lisp and I don't understand why the notation bugs so many people. 3 function calls in C = 3 sets of parentheses. 3 function calls in Lisp = 3 sets of parentheses. The only difference is that operators in Lisp are functions, but on the other hand blocks after control structures don't require braces, since you alread have the parentheses.

    Just a pet peeve of mine

    Besides, there's no better IDE out there than SLIME on Emacs.

    --
    All's true that is mistrusted
  2. Re:Eclipse is a Joke by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    And I guess you have no clue whatsoever that Eclipse is like 10x more dynamic & extensible than your Visual Studio. It's also built itself completely using plugins (even the core is a plugin), so startup time might take some seconds more (+ dynamic plugin loading at runtime). And you do realize that Eclipse does many things that Visual Studio doesn't, behind the scenes?

    If a little slicker GUI is the meter of productivity for your, I feel sorry for you. Visual Studio is simply a joke compared to Eclipse nowadays when we are talking about REAL productivity. I can only imagine how things look a like few years from now on, considering how quickly Eclipse has gone past Visual Studio.

    And if it flakes out or bogs down every 30 seconds, there's simply something wrong with your machine / configuration (most likely with Java).

    Sorry, but you are a perfect example of how a bad carpenter blames his tools.

    Err, Score:3, Interesting?