Re: Rép. : With PDM on the mind, a question about options and substitution variables

On 13/03/2008, at 1:01 AM, Joe Pluta wrote:

And what Eclipse (RDi) has that PDM does not is exactly that - all kinds
of built-in scripting. Currently most of it is a little rough around
the edges, but it's very interesting. I've been playing with something
called Eclipse Monkey that allows you to write RPG editor scripts using
JavaScript.

But regardless of how good that might be it has a dependency on software I have no BUSINESS REASON to require. I use Eclipse (proper), Netbeans, and Xcode as required on my Mac but I'm not about to invest in Wintel anything just to code RPG/C/COBOL on my platform of choice.

Besides I'm not convinced that learning tools built on string and sticky tape is a good use of my time. So Eclipse Monkey is "a little rough around the edges"? I'll wait until it's production quality. By then it will probably have been replaced/superseded by yet another open-source tool.

Regards,
Simon Coulter.
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