Re: IDE

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: David Engster <address@hidden>
> Date: Sat, 10 Oct 2015 12:02:11 +0200
> Cc: David Kastrup <address@hidden>, address@hidden, address@hidden
> 
> Eli Zaretskii writes:
> > I agree that you need to have some serious will power, perseverance,
> > and sometimes just stubbornness to get stuff like that done.
> 
> Yes, like that guy who ported gccxml from version to version for
> *years*. It's now called CastXML.

There were 2 bidi implementations for Emacs when I started to work on
what we have now.  Both of them were not good enough, according to the
then Emacs head maintainer.  Imagine what would we have now if I were
less determined to get it right, even though I didn't yet understand
then why those existing implementations couldn't be used.  (I do now,
10 years and many more gray hair later.)

Yes, the situation with the IDE is different, but the morale still
stands: given enough will power, nothing can stand in one's way that
cannot be solved/overcome/worked around.