"SomeDude" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]... > > Indeed, and Timon forgot the best feature of IDEs for bytecode compilers > imho: they compile in the background, so that errors are detected while > you type. There is no annoying "write-correct" cycle as compile-time > errors are shown in real time. That's a *huge* productivity boost.
I find the sluggish text-editing that inevitably implies to be MUCH more destructive to my productivity than an occasional few seconds compiling after I'm done typing. The former interferes with my mental processes, the latter does not.
