> I'd prefer to use a programming language that was easy to read and write in just about any text editor.
Actually you can apply that argument for whitespace only languages, because they produce code that is more consistent. So because the code is more consistent it is also easier to read and write (as opposed to say, dealing with someone's eccentric formatting).
Vim or emacs (the one I use) is available for any modern OS out there. It is free and has outstanding syntax highlighting and works through a terminal as far as I know.
In general it seems like this is a tail wagging the dog problem -- picking a language to work with (what seems to be a broken) editor.
Actually you can apply that argument for whitespace only languages, because they produce code that is more consistent. So because the code is more consistent it is also easier to read and write (as opposed to say, dealing with someone's eccentric formatting).
Vim or emacs (the one I use) is available for any modern OS out there. It is free and has outstanding syntax highlighting and works through a terminal as far as I know.
In general it seems like this is a tail wagging the dog problem -- picking a language to work with (what seems to be a broken) editor.