handouts/pep-ho.tex
changeset 189 ff815ca0bbcf
parent 188 937c995b047a
child 190 2f989951d147
--- a/handouts/pep-ho.tex	Wed Jul 04 14:48:05 2018 +0100
+++ b/handouts/pep-ho.tex	Tue Jul 10 15:09:28 2018 +0100
@@ -56,7 +56,12 @@
 \noindent
 I found a convenient IDE for writing Scala programs is Microsoft's
 \textit{Visual Studio Code} (VS Code) which runs under MacOSX, Linux and
-obviously Windows. It can be downloaded for free from
+obviously Windows.\footnote{Unlike \emph{Microsoft Visual Studio}, which
+is a heavy-duty, Windows-only IDE\ldots{}jeez, could they have not just
+made up some different name for a complete different project? For the
+pedantic, Microsoft Visual Studio is an IDE, whereas Visual Studio Code
+is a source code editor. Anybody knows the what the difference is?} It
+can be downloaded for free from
 
 \begin{quote}
 \url{https://code.visualstudio.com}
@@ -64,7 +69,8 @@
 
 \noindent
 and should already come pre-installed in the Department (together with
-the Scala compiler). VS Code is far from perfect, however it includes a
+the Scala compiler). Being a project started in 2015, VS Code is
+relatively new and thus far from perfect. However it includes a
 \textit{Marketplace} from which a multitude of extensions can be
 downloaded that make editing and running Scala code a little easier (see
 Figure~\ref{vscode} for my setup).