Overloading/Inheritance issue
Ary Manzana
ary at esperanto.org.ar
Tue Aug 7 16:52:55 PDT 2007
What about automatic code refactoring?
Try renaming a method that is overloaded with batch files.
Walter Bright escribió:
> Derek Parnell wrote:
>> On Sun, 05 Aug 2007 11:06:10 -0700, Walter Bright wrote:
>>> FWIW, a lot of hard core programmers still use vi.
>>
>> And I think that some are even still chipping away at granite blocks :)
>
> I'm a command line interface curmudgeon. The reason is simple- it's more
> productive, since:
>
> 1) I can touch-type. There's no such thing as using a mouse without
> looking. Using a mouse is like being forced to type using only your left
> pinkie, and every program you use has a different keyboard layout.
>
> 2) I have muscle memory in my fingers, meaning a lot of complex commands
> can just spew out with no thought required.
>
> 3) Pipes are cool. Can't do the equivalent with a gui.
>
> 4) I routinely write simple batch files to automate whatever I'm doing
> at the moment. Can't do that with a gui.
>
> 5) Ever tried to do a series of repeated actions with a gui? Like, one
> by one, save all the emails in a folder to a text file? It's agonizing.
> With CLI, I'll just dude up a quick batch file using cut & paste, and
> it's done.
>
> 6) Most of the time I need a command, I've already done it, so I just
> type the first couple characters then F8, bam, I'm flying.
>
> Guis have their uses - mainly for programs you aren't familiar with. But
> once you are familiar, CLI is faster.
>
> P.S. I use microEmacs, not vi. Mainly because I have the source to it
> and just fix it to work like I want.
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