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Tue Apr 10 16:27:23 EDT 2001 · http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-list/2001-April/111168.html

"Costas Menico" <costas at meezon.com> wrote in message
news:3ad259bc.4612388 at News.CIS.DFN.DE...
> I think ActiveState's Komodo tool is very poorly designed. It is real
> slow and even harder to use. I dont understand why they didnt take
> something like PythonWin (a much better IDE) and enhance it?
>
> Also the idea of a multiprogramming environment is just a dream. No
> one is going to program in Python and Perl at the same time. Most
> people choose a language and stay with it. An IDE that tries to
> accomodate multiple languages is a poor IDE. Each language has its
> strengths and weaknesses and the IDE is supposed to ehnance them. Not
> burden with another languages issues.

It is more efficient for them to support multiple languages with one
product, since it allows them to sell to a larger audience.

This is good for us too - Python by itself is too small a market to justify
IDE's like Komodo or Visual Studio.

I haven't tried Komodo but I'm glad to see a new, innovative product
supporting Mozilla.

Tom.

> Installation took me longer than installing Windows (anyway it felt
> like it). I understand the concept of using Mozilla but I think it
> stinks. Get rid of it.
>
> I am sorry I am so critical of this but I am frustrated with poorly
> designed tools.
>
> Someone should look at PythonWin and enhance it. I would be willing to
> pay money for that one. Hey Mark how about it?
>
> And now to the Komodo uninstall icon.
>
> costas

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