So, your argument is that emacs is simple?

Well, that's the craziest f(#*$#ing thing I've ever heard.

On Nov 25, 10:07 am, Russel Winder <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Thu, 2010-11-25 at 16:32 +1100, Miroslav Pokorny wrote:
> > So if ides are so unnecessary why then did they evolve from yesterdays text 
> > editor and why does the overwhelming majority of the planet use them ? They 
> > can't all be wrong or
> > Misguided ?
>
> There is just so much in error here, it is difficult to know where to
> begin and how to avoid writing a 5000 word essay.
>
> Let me just say "you can fool most of the people, most of the time".
>
> IDEs are not a "silver bullet" despite what the majority of programmers
> have been brainwashed into believing.  IDEs and text editors are just
> tools, professionalism is learning to use the right tool for the right
> job in the context of the job in hand and the person undertaking the
> job.
>
> The real problem is that most text editors and most IDEs are massively
> over-bloated with features no-one is ever going to use, and which often
> mask all the really important features that people would find very
> helpful if they did use them.
>
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