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Suppose that you work for the company that consists of 80% vimers and 20% emacsers. All documentation is geared towards vimers. There are interests groups gear
by kozikow 9y ago
Suppose that you work for the company that consists of 80% vimers and 20% emacsers.
All documentation is geared towards vimers. There are interests groups geared towards vimers. No one questions you if you are a vimer. If you are a stuck with some error as an emacser there are fewer people to turn to or discuss your favorite text editor, so some people start to suggest that emacsers are worse programmers.
The company analyzes the research and decides that vim and emacs programmers are equal. If the company decides to invest into supporting emacsers, by requiring more documentation to be written in emacs and funding emacs meetups, it is not a discrimination against vimers. The company recognized that if it won't offset some benefits vimers have they would continue to lose out on a group of talented programmers.
- kevingadd 9y agoI get what you're going for here but this isn't really a case where it makes sense to draw equivalence to text editors, tabs vs spaces, etc. This isn't a matter of taste or habit - it's a matter of discriminating against people based on the gender marker on their birth certificate or the color of their skin.
- kozikow 9y agoThe discussion became so emotionally charged on either side so analogies are our best weapon right now.
- kevingadd 9y agoI agree and that's why I didn't respond to this with a downvote - I just think you need to try to pick an analogy that isn't one of taste/choice and is instead one of some less controversial assigned trait. Not really sure what you'd pick, though.
- thesmallestcat 9y agoThe analogy doesn't hold, emacser heathen deserve neither support nor sympathy for their choice of "editor."
- strictnein 9y agoAnswer: All the employees should be forced to use nano or fired.