Re: Looking for that special Java IDE...
Christian wrote:
Marcio schrieb:
hm well but that does not invalidate my argument, that is, an IDE
written in JAVA is still slower than another written in C++
Yes espeicaially on startup..
Java has the disadvantage that loading (+ reading + decompressing...)
the classfiles eclipse has tons of these takes time.
some massive block of c++ code should there perform much better.
When I'm working on a Java project, it's for more than ten minutes per IDE
session. Startup time of the IDE is under one minute for any IDE I've used.
Startup time of the IDE couldn't be more utterly irrelevant. It's editing,
coding, analysis, testing, refactoring, profiling, deployment, resource (e.g.,
database) management and other human-factor time that matters.
Still I see the main benefit of an IDE if it is written in its own
language that as soon as you make it to dogfood realease you can use the
IDE to develop itself. When doing this you IDE will benefit as every
program benefits that is developed by its own users!
Same is with compilers.. if a compiler can compile itself it is its own
first testcase.
NetBeans now uses Java's own compiler classes to validate source code and
generate those nifty visual cues to errors (wavy red underline, etc.), and
perhaps other IDEs do also.
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Lew