90-95% of my time is spent working in at least two languages. Usually JavaScript and some backend language, like Go or Python.
And modern IDEs support 2 languages at the same time. Heck, they support dozens if not hundreds of languages at the same time.
Eclipse has Javascript and Python plugins, for example so you can code in Java, Javascript, Python at the same time.
VS Code has a ton of language plugins you can use all at the same time.
IntelliJ has a ton of language plugins you can also use all at the same time.
Re:Making Emacs Popular Again (2020)
by ReleaseCandidat on Thursday November 04, 2021 @02:25PM
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> And modern IDEs support 2 languages at the same time. Heck, they support dozens if not hundreds of languages at the same time.
No, they don't. Show me the IDEs with Common Lisp, Coq, Ocaml, Haskell, Elm, ... support. That's actually the reason Code is a real alternative to Emacs and Intellij isn't.
Re:Making Emacs Popular Again (2020)
by ReleaseCandidat on Thursday November 04, 2021 @02:02PM
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I wouldn't use Emacs for that, and I use Emacs since more than 25 years.
Emacs shines when using Coq (with Proof General) or Common Lisp or Clojurescript (I guess Clojure too). But for mainstream languages like JS, Go or Python you're better off with something like Code.
It's flexible to cover maybe 90-95% of development needs for the main language targeted.
And for those clearly defined use cases, modern IDEs generally fly. Which is far from guaranteed with bespoke configurations (Emacs, Vim).