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<p>Most importantly: A good IDE is not a text editor, but an AST
editor. If the AST happens to be presented as text, that's a
choice of visualisation, nothing more. Better to start with a
graph-like visualisation to free the mind, then think through the
possible interactions. Maybe add the typical text-like
visualisation later. But don't start there or you'll just
re-invent notepad for the nth time.</p>
<p>Maybe don't even <i>store</i> the code as ascii text.<br>
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