> Have you ever tried managing development with an RTOS? Or streaming data out of RAM while your code was running? Or fiddling with the processor registers when debugging?

Yes to all of the above, and had to script it too, which I couldn't do with an IDE at the time.

I indeed haven't used CCS-Eclipse in years. Has it finally eliminated its lag and RAM usage? I was always amazed how it managed to continuously stay just ahead of Moore's Law in terms of resource usage.