[NTLUG:Discuss] Eclipse - running out of RAM?

Brian Koontz brian at pongonova.net
Thu Sep 18 12:28:20 CDT 2008


On Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 10:01:21AM -0500, MadHat Unspecific wrote:
> Several companies, mentioned in my other email, are integrating their 
> sdk into eclipse, so to use their tools, you use eclipse.  I am sure you 
> can develop without eclipse, but it is a pain.

I've developed many applications in Java without the use of an IDE.  I
don't understand what "tools" are required for Java compilation that
can only accessed from Eclipse.

The idea that an application can *only* be built using Eclipse is just
a few semantic steps away from saying that Eclipse is a dependency.
In fact, to me, that's exactly what it is.

<rant>
Whatever...it's just yet another sign that technology continues to be
dumbed down to accommodate computer operators (rather than computer
programmers).  I've often said that Visual Basic seemed to grant a
license to anyone to call themselves a "programmer."  I guess a tight
integration of Eclipse with a Java application conveys the same sort
of license to call oneself "a Java programmer."
</rant>

  --Brian



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