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Agreed completely. There are few great songwriters who can't play an instrument, few great mathematicians who don't know arithmetic, few great golfers that don'
by zwkrt 8y ago
Agreed completely. There are few great songwriters who can't play an instrument, few great mathematicians who don't know arithmetic, few great golfers that don't understand how to hold their clubs, etc.
- michaelgrafl 8y agoWe're not talking about the basics. We're talking about mastery. Many great musicians haven't mastered their instruments because many styles of music don't ask for it. So that analogy is arguing against your own point. Great a great golfer is more or less synonymous with being good at golf. A better analogy to text editing and programming would be a golf player being obsessed with caddies.
- joesb 8y agoMoving cursor using arrow key vs using hjkl is no way comparable to not knowing arithmetic. That's like some fanboy comparison.
- zwkrt 8y agoI'm not worried about using the arrow keys or anything in particular. I don't even think vim is an especially good program. But whatever tool you use you should be effective with it. All the comments insecure about vim practices are missing the point; using your tools effectively is worth it and is a highly transferrable skill. If your weapon of choice is a magnetic needle and a steady hand, I expect you to be able to write code in cursive forward and bakcward all over that disk like there was no tomorrow.