Re: Who uses IDLE -- please answer if you ever do, know, or teach

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Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> writes:
> There have been discussions, such as today on Idle-sig , about who
> uses Idle and who we should design it for.  

I use it sometimes.  I mostly use Emacs with Python-mode but find Idle
is nice for quickly experimenting with something or probing an API.  I
know there are fancier IDE's out there but I'm mostly an Emacs user.

> 0. Classes where Idle is used:  N/A

> 1. Are you grade school (1=12)?....  
Working programmer.

> 2. Are you  post-beginner?  
Yes

> 3. With respect to programming, are you
> amateur (unpaid)
> professional (paid for programming)

Professional.

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Who uses IDLE -- please answer if you ever do, know, or teach Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2015-08-05 21:06 -0400
  Re: Who uses IDLE -- please answer if you ever do, know, or teach Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2015-08-05 18:21 -0700
    Re: Who uses IDLE -- please answer if you ever do, know, or teach Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2015-08-06 18:58 -0400
    Re: Who uses IDLE -- please answer if you ever do, know, or teach Friedrich Rentsch <anthra.norell@bluewin.ch> - 2015-08-07 09:22 +0200
  Re: Who uses IDLE -- please answer if you ever do, know, or teach Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2015-08-05 19:12 -0700
    Re: Who uses IDLE -- please answer if you ever do, know, or teach Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2015-08-05 22:46 -0700
      Re: Who uses IDLE -- please answer if you ever do, know, or teach Laura Creighton <lac@openend.se> - 2015-08-06 08:18 +0200
  Re: Who uses IDLE -- please answer if you ever do, know, or teach Miki Tebeka <miki.tebeka@gmail.com> - 2015-08-05 21:41 -0700
  Re: Who uses IDLE -- please answer if you ever do, know, or teach wxjmfauth@gmail.com - 2015-08-06 00:26 -0700
  Re: Who uses IDLE -- please answer if you ever do, know, or teach Steve Hayes <hayesstw@telkomsa.net> - 2015-08-06 11:29 +0200
  Re: Who uses IDLE -- please answer if you ever do, know, or teach Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> - 2015-08-06 21:14 -0400
    Re: Who uses IDLE -- please answer if you ever do, know, or teach Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2015-08-07 21:38 -0400
  Re: Who uses IDLE -- please answer if you ever do, know, or teach Larry Hudson <orgnut@yahoo.com> - 2015-08-07 20:58 -0700
  Re: Who uses IDLE -- please answer if you ever do, know, or teach Laurent Pointal <laurent.pointal@free.fr> - 2015-08-08 19:59 +0200
    Re: Who uses IDLE -- please answer if you ever do, know, or teach random832@fastmail.us - 2015-08-08 23:50 -0400
      Re: Who uses IDLE -- please answer if you ever do, know, or teach Laurent Pointal <laurent.pointal@free.fr> - 2015-08-10 02:24 +0200

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