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From: pardo@june.cs.washington.edu (David Keppel)
Newsgroups: comp.editors
Subject: Re: structure editors
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Date: 6 Jul 89 19:25:27 GMT
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Reply-To: pardo@uw-june.cs.washington.edu (David Keppel)
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dalamb@qucis.queensu.ca (David Lamb) writes:
>[Request for info: do structure editors make coding easier?]

(This doesn't answer the request for references, it is merely thought
fodder for everybody.)

I've used the Cornell Program Synthesizer briefly and found it
annoying because it `knew too much'.  I find GNU emacs' modes more
useful, but sometimes the editor still `knows too much'.

An interesting counterpoint: our Smalltalk systems let you type stuff
in in little pieces.  All editing is done free-format, and is later
formatted by the browser.  Compilation generally takes place in units
of a few to a few dozen lines.  Thus, in Smalltalk I tend to write a
function, statically debug it, write another function, statically
debug it, and so on.

	;-D on  ( Intrinsic dysfunction )  Pardo
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