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Similarly, I am embarrassed for devs who type their code in a coddling text editor because they are too ignorant to use ed, the standard text editor, properly.
by lonelappde 7y ago
Similarly, I am embarrassed for devs who type their code in a coddling text editor because they are too ignorant to use ed, the standard text editor, properly.
Computers are for solving problems, not helping programmers, after all, right?
- pfarrell 7y agoMy sarcasm detector just exploded. It’s all a continuum. A great test for mid career programmers is solving a problem from a blank text file. Especially true for more languages with great IDEs like Java or C#
- mygo 7y agoInterestingly, that’s how I started coding and I’m still young(ish). Borrowed a book from the library as a pre teen and followed along using notepad on my dad’s computer. I didn’t see syntax highlighting or autocomplete until I was much older. So I can see why some people nowadays aren’t concerned as much with things like indentation. Syntax highlighting adds another dimension of legibility. I couldn’t imagine coding a website even just in plain old html without good indentation if there was no syntax highlighting.