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Simplicity and speed are the advantages.

Compilr, Coderun, and Ideone all look like great in-browser replacements for a full blown IDE. The builds even take as long as a Visual Studio would. They're great for when you want or need the full IDE experience.

But there are many times when a developer might not want that experience. Maybe you're brainstorming a new implementation for an algorithm and you just want to get an idea of what it might look like. Maybe you're in the middle of a presentation and someone in the audience asked you a slightly off-topic question, and you don't want to spin up a new instance of an IDE just to help them understand.

This tool is for those situations like those.