python vs java & eclipse

[Amir Michail]

sjdevnull at yahoo.com wrote:
> ...
>
> Is there anything _useful_ that it'll bring that a good editor doesn't?
>  e.g. in vim I do get
> * automatic syntax checking (if I type "if a=1:" and hit enter, it'll
> immediately highlight the syntax error)
> * omni-completion (because Intellisense is trademarked)
> * refactoring (with BicycleRepairMan integration)
> * folding (which is more important than the above 3 combined, IMO)
> * online help (typing cmp( gives me the docstring for cmp in the status
> line, F1 to view the whole thing)
>
> As well as all the basics (tags/class browser/good regex support/syntax
> highlighting/autoindent/source control integration/etc).
>
> I'm not trolling here, I'm looking for interesting new features I can
> steal.

How about we try to find some papers on the subject?

Here's one to start things off:

http://pag.csail.mit.edu/~akiezun/companion.pdf

Amir