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> get acquainted with vim or emacs, bash, awk.. Erm, totally irrelevant to this.
by rpgmaker 10y ago
> get acquainted with vim or emacs, bash, awk..
Erm, totally irrelevant to this.
- abiox 10y ago> totally tools are part of the trade, no? even if you don't use a particular one, having a decent understanding can provide a contrast to the tools you do use and perhaps improve your utilization in subtle ways.
- kkirsche 10y agoI would disagree. Understanding different tools helps me to understand how co workers may approach a problem or teach me about why they use specific tools. VI mode in sublime may not make sense to a developer who doesn't know what vim is and why someone may choose to use it.
- tigershark 10y agoI prefer to invest my time in learning a new programming language, if I have to use my time to learn a new text editor (with a very steep learning curve) than it is absolutely wasted time. Modern IDEs do wonder and, honestly, the important thing in programming is not to minimise the amount of time that it takes you to write code, but to minimise the time that other people need to spend to read it.
- elbear 10y agoBash and awk are programming languages, although they're not something I'm keen on using.
- rpgmaker 10y ago> Understanding different tools helps me to understand how co workers may approach a problem or teach me about why they use specific tools. I agree with this but that's not what he said. He quoted very specific tools needed to achieve this and that was the cause of my disagreement.