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Block selection and anything having to do with IO formatting are very good reasons why monospaced fonts are still useful. That being said the idea that a progr

Block selection and anything having to do with IO formatting are very good reasons why monospaced fonts are still useful. That being said the idea that a programmer being resistant to changing their font style is indicative of general intellectual laziness is one of the most laughable things I've ever heard. I'd be more convinced if someone told me that refusing to change syntax highlighting themes implied you're a bad programmer.

Stratoscope 9y ago
> ...the idea that a programmer being resistant to changing their font style is indicative of general intellectual laziness is one of the most laughable things I've ever heard. Let me just mention that this isn't what I said at all. I don't blame you for misunderstanding, I must not have explained my thoughts clearly. I didn't say anything about intellectual "laziness", and I certainly didn't mean that someone who didn't want to change their coding font was intellectually lazy. I was talking about intellectual curiosity, specifically with reference to my former CEO who questioned the sanity of anyone who would code in a proportional font. Instead of wondering why someone would make such a non-mainstream decision and being even slightly interested in their reasons for it, he simply dismissed it out of hand as the bad habit of a weirdo. That's the lack of intellectual curiosity I was talking about.
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- jcranberry 9y ago
  Ironically, I'd disagree and say that your CEO was being intellectually lazy by explaining your preference for proportional font by the absurd declaration that anyone who does it is simply sophomoric or inexplicable. However, I would not take this kind of instance of intellectual laziness to be indicative of a more general complacency when it comes to ideas, tools, or self-development more generally. By contrast I think intellectual curiosity is a great thing when present and lamentable when not, but I don't think it's a prerequisite to be a good professional in almost any field, including programming related ones.

Stratoscope 9y ago

> ...the idea that a programmer being resistant to changing their font style is indicative of general intellectual laziness is one of the most laughable things I've ever heard. Let me just mention that this isn't what I said at all. I don't blame you for misunderstanding, I must not have explained my thoughts clearly. I didn't say anything about intellectual "laziness", and I certainly didn't mean that someone who didn't want to change their coding font was intellectually lazy. I was talking about intellectual curiosity, specifically with reference to my former CEO who questioned the sanity of anyone who would code in a proportional font. Instead of wondering why someone would make such a non-mainstream decision and being even slightly interested in their reasons for it, he simply dismissed it out of hand as the bad habit of a weirdo. That's the lack of intellectual curiosity I was talking about.

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jcranberry 9y ago
Ironically, I'd disagree and say that your CEO was being intellectually lazy by explaining your preference for proportional font by the absurd declaration that anyone who does it is simply sophomoric or inexplicable. However, I would not take this kind of instance of intellectual laziness to be indicative of a more general complacency when it comes to ideas, tools, or self-development more generally. By contrast I think intellectual curiosity is a great thing when present and lamentable when not, but I don't think it's a prerequisite to be a good professional in almost any field, including programming related ones.