EDIT: I'm not trying to be rude, but sometimes the internet does not convey nuance very well. Don't take it that way, if you please.
The word I meant to put in there was "dubious." Sorry about that.
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And I completely concur (great word choice)--I'm working in a text editor right now (TextMate, not Emacs), and it's perfectly suitable. Forcing use of an IDE, or biasing towards it, would turn me away from the language.