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Completely agree. That said, we have what we have, and people tend to be very idealistic about these things (favoring one vs. the other). Example, I use Git and
by P_I_Staker 8y ago
Completely agree. That said, we have what we have, and people tend to be very idealistic about these things (favoring one vs. the other). Example, I use Git and Make in C. Others claim "this is the future, everything should be intuitive and graphical". I honestly don't see a way forward for either technology to be more intuitive; a better Git GUIs would be a plus for new users, but that's just the tip of the iceberg.
I'm not the type that think "you must do everything at the command line, or you're too stupid to be a decent programmer"; those people do exist. On the flip side, complaints about not being intuitive enough might be met with a shrug from me. Do we really want to use Eclipse and SVN, because you don't want to learn how to use the tooling? (of course, I'd never actually put it like that) Personally, I don't think it's a better solution. I'm not holding my breath for a complete overhaul of Git / Make, and am wary of trying something more novel for now.
- zaphar 8y agoSure work doesn't need to completely halt while we wait for a perfect solution. But I think that where there are safer and more intuitive tools we should use and promote them.