On Sunday, 9 February 2020 at 22:10:57 UTC, solnce wrote:
No, I understand that and agree - VSCode is impressive and I'll
try it, but what is wrong with idea to have a dedicated IDE? At
least one. C/C++ has tons of these and many of these are being
actively developed, so why D cannot have? Especially when it is
aiming to replace C/C++. Argument that VSCode is pretty much
enough for most task it is ok, but is not very valid. The same
applies to D itself - why to make a new language then when
there is C++ around and there is a tons of IDE's for it.
Personally I feel this is more about lack of the vision, as
Alexandrescu once said. Now it feels like D is mostly the
compiler, but I think, that having one big mega project (like
IDE+RAD) could give a new breath and significance to D language.
Making an entire IDE would be a lot of work. Making plugins for
existing editors is already time consuming, and is less work than
building a complete solution.
Given how powerful regular editors can be, whether it's VSCode,
Vim or Emacs, plugins make for a good compromise bewteen the time
spent making the plugin, and the result you get.
