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Re:Do modern IDEs make us dumber? by nradov on Friday December 05, 2008 @07:20PM (#387691)
No, it's because there are few IDEs available for FP languages. As FP languages become more popular the IDEs will appear.
Re:Do modern IDEs make us dumber? by gaius on Saturday December 06, 2008 @03:20AM (#387980)
It's the other way 'round. IDEs appeared because languages like Java require so much scaffolding. Why should I even have to see generated code, let alone write it, that's the compiler's job! Automation (which the exception of simple stuff like paran matching) doesn't add much to succinct languages because there isn't much in your code that isn't directly addressing the problem you want to solve, and that has to come from inside your own head.
Re:Do modern IDEs make us dumber? by hs on Saturday December 06, 2008 @12:47AM (#387886)
i'm pointing to something deeper, because of high level abstractions, FP codes tend to be short -> can fit in one head; thus, IDE is less essential

no amount of popularity can change that