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Re:Greppability is an underrated code metric by sva_ on Tuesday September 03, 2024 @04:56AM (#41432789)
People don't use LSP?
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Re:Greppability is an underrated code metric by gregjor on Tuesday September 03, 2024 @05:12AM (#41432895)
That’s right, not everyone uses an LSP. Nothing wrong with LSPs, very useful tools. I use ripgrep, or plain grep if I have to, far more often than an LSP.

Working with legacy code — the scenario the author describes — I often can’t install anything on the server.

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Re:Greppability is an underrated code metric by giancarlostoro on Tuesday September 03, 2024 @07:42AM (#41433890)
Fun fact: VS Code uses ripgrep by default.

https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-ripgrep

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Re:Greppability is an underrated code metric by menaerus on Tuesday September 03, 2024 @10:44AM (#41435463)
LSP doesn't always work without issues with large C and C++ codebases which is why one needs to fallback to grep techniques.
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