On Wed, Jun 15, 2016 at 9:19 AM, Sean Heber via swift-evolution < [email protected]> wrote:
> > > On Jun 15, 2016, at 7:21 AM, Vladimir.S via swift-evolution < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > I believe we should not take into account any IDE features when > discussing the *language*. One will write Swift script code in vim on > linux, other will read in web browser on github etc. > > Unrelated to anything else in this discussion, I just wanted to respond to > this and say that I’m totally opposed to this line of thinking. If we > continue to design languages that must accommodate the lowest common > denominator in terms of tooling, we’ll never advance anything in meaningful > ways. Tooling is super important and it is mostly terrible. It could be so > much better. I believe the core team has pointed out in the past that in fact decisions here *should* acknowledge the existence of the whole ecosystem of tools. > We don’t have much (any?) influence over Xcode via swift-evolution, Actually, IIUC, anything in the Swift open source project is fair game here, and SourceKit (which supports IDE features for Swift) is indeed part of the open source project. > but if the language evolves in ways where smarter, better, more advanced > IDEs are the best way to use it, then Xcode will adapt and if Xcode adapts > and proves a better workflow, then other tools will also adapt and everyone > in any language on all platforms will eventually benefit from that > exploration. > > l8r > Sean > > _______________________________________________ > swift-evolution mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.swift.org/mailman/listinfo/swift-evolution >
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