+AD4- I would guess that what makes a particular language good,
+AD4- is how well adapted it is to what you are trying to do.
My preferences are: Networking, 2D+ACY-3D Graphics, synthetic
data structures, file ops, GUI's, in that order.
+AD4- What makes a good IDE might depend more on how big the
+AD4- project is.
I've done a couple of over 10Kline systems+ACo-.
EG: OpenDX
http://linux.tucows.com/mmedia/preview/9436.html
John A.
+ACo- +ACI-Data Explorer, from the IBM +AF8-Deep Computing Institute+AF8AIg-
http://oss.software.ibm.com/developer/opensource/osscommitment.html
Wish they had used that name while we were still there.