[pm-h] Programmer Editors (was 'January Meeting')

[G. Wade Johnson]

On Mon, 5 Jan 2009 01:06:09 -0600
"Kevin Shaum" <kevin at shaum.com> wrote:

> <unlurk>
> 
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> 
> I think IDEs aren't as popular with Perl devs (and maybe Python &
> Ruby) as they are with Java and .Net devs because (a) scripting
> languages are more concise, so we don't need as much help with the
> heavy lifting, and (b) despite ActiveState's best efforts, there's no
> IDE that groks Perl (etc) the way Eclipse and Visual Studio do their
> primary languages.

I'm keeping an eye on both Kephra and Padre. These two projects are
available on CPAN and are both trying for a cross-platform IDE for Perl.

G. Wade
-- 
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do something massively unwise?        -- Delenn - "The War without End"