Long term laziness and short term laziness aren't the same thing. Good programmers are willing to sacrifice in the short term (work really hard) to be lazy in

Long term laziness and short term laziness aren't the same thing. Good programmers are willing to sacrifice in the short term (work really hard) to be lazy in the long term (have the computer work really hard for them). Like learning Emacs or VIM - you work hard in the short term to work less in the long term. Like almost all things in life, having a long term view of things makes short term sacrifices seem less painful.