[pjmlp]

eclipse: Java, Scala, Clojure, C, C++, Ada, D, OCaml, Haskell, ...

Netbeans: Java, C, C++, PHP, Ruby, Groovy, ...

> I think Smalltalk had an advanced IDE but it locked you into ... Smalltalk.

Which shows you never used it.

Smalltalk is an environment. Workstation OS, IDE, REPL and programming language.

Only the whole experience is gratifying.

Same goes to Interlisp-D, Mesa/Cedar, Lisp Machines and Oberon systems. All Workstation OSs that mix all these concepts together.

UNIX developer experience might sound great, but only for those that never had the experience to touch such systems.

[advocaat23]

It is true that there are systems (Lisp Machines, Oberon, Smalltalk, etc.) with a more integrated approach and there are great ideas, but what I meant with the term "IDE" is classic IDEs on Windows, Linux and OSX. These OSs are heavily UNIX influenced and for those systems I consider text tools (editors, shells, command-line tools) the easier development UI.