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by lenkite 1039 days ago
Thats because Java IDE's are ridiculously powerful. When I work in vscode and Python, I am always like: This is so much easier when I am using Java and Intellij.

It is not mere IDE Dependency. It is IDE Supremacy. Java is the leader of the IDE master race - the other PL IDE's need to squint to see how far ahead Java IDE's are.
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skinowski 1039 days ago
This is a fair point.

I've seen many frameworks shared in hackernews. But rarely do I see anyone commenting on their IDE's capability to be able to use that framework for go-lang, rust, c, c++, etc.

For example, Rust tokio 1.0:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25520353

I don't see anyone mentioning an IDE there.

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pjmlp 1038 days ago
Because they tend to be on the stone age of tooling.

In what concerns C++, have a look at VCL, Firemonkey, Qt, Unreal, Godot, DirectX, Metal,...

All Apple frameworks for Objective-C and Swift.

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chii 1039 days ago
> It is not mere IDE Dependency. It is IDE Supremacy.

Just like how our current civilization is dependent on industrialized agriculture and distribution systems.

We cannot imagine how it would be possible to live without those functions. In a way, yes, it is "supremacy", but only if you have access.

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pjmlp 1038 days ago
While true, Smalltalk, Common Lisp and .NET are also part of the party.
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