Hi Indranil,
> Granted the Linux is now mainstream, and you don't have Real
> Programmers a dime a dozen... but saying that "think about
> novice programmers" is rather funny IMHO for that seems to
> suggest that Real Programmers are born that way and thus
> never had to pass the novice stage.... pls check out the Jargon
> File what the phrase "larval stage" stands for....
That is what I was trying to tell. When today's Real Programmers were
novice in the past, vi and emacs were the best editors. That does not
qualify them to be best today. Zamana badal gaya hai.
> A Real Programmer like Mel might just do that.... ;)
That disqualifies your usage of vi. It will be interesting to program
using switches. Do any version of kernel have support for it? Hey, I'm
serious.
> I am plain-vanilla vi user <personal choice> .... but I have
> seen the power of particularly Emacs with syntax checking
> & coloring activated.... its nothing to laugh about -- just
> put a designated delimiter or tag at the wrong place & you
> will see what I mean....
Don't you think those colouring and syntax checking are features of
IDEs rather than editors? Don't you think yesterday's plain editors
are drifting to become IDEs? Today syntax highlighting / checking is
introduced, tomorrow you may find vi or emacs with compilation and
debugging facility. Isn't it what we call as an IDE?
> Nothing hangs without a reason... whether the OS allows you a
> chance to figure out what went wrng is another matter ;-)
I meant without showing any reason. I accept it was a typo.
> Besides if BSOD is a plus point for Windows, I wonder what are
> its minus points.... ??? <staring wide-eyed in wonder>
The only minus point is it says 'Press any other key to return to
Win....' but it never returns :-)
Regards
Urmil Parikh
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