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Forget the sources, but I recall people saying the same about syntax highlighting even.
by wanderingstan 2y ago
Forget the sources, but I recall people saying the same about syntax highlighting even.
- abraxas 2y agoI'm feeling both nostalgic and elated. The first time a friend gave me a version of Turbo Pascal with syntax highlighting was an epiphany. The same feeling struck about a decade later after trying actually usable auto-complete for the first time in JBuilder. Pure magic. Tools like the replit bot evoke similar emotions. I have no idea why they generate so much negativity from most HN comments. This cohort must be on average younger than myself. I'm pushing 50 and for the first time in decades I fee like we are actually about to witness actual productivity boost in programming craft because let me tell ya, server side js or spa or nosql certainly weren't it.