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From: Physfitfreak <physfitfreak@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: "vim" is for nerds who can get a date.
Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2024 16:06:04 -0500
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On 4/15/24 06:37, Chris Ahlstrom wrote:
> Relf wrote this copyrighted missive and expects royalties:
> 
>> Ahlstrom:
>>> If DFS wants to see a bloated hobbyware fiasco,
>>> he should install Visual Studio.
>>
>> "vim" is for nerds who can get a date.
>>
>> Again:
>>      I use a _normal_ text editor, like Borland's "Turbo Pascal" & "Turbo C".
>>      35 years ago, in 1989, Seattle, "Microsoft C" ( on Win2 ) was my editor/IDE;
>>      later, it was called "DevStudio", now "Visual Studio".
> 
> Some people live and die by Visual Studio.  I found it bloated, intrusive,
> and annoying. To hell with Intellisense!
> 
> Using vim, GNU autools/libtool, qmake, or meson from a terminal window is much
> more pleasant to me.
> 
> YMMV
> 


I read somewhere one of the C teachers and author said using IDE to 
learn C is wasteful because they usually have learning curves. Even the 
choice of an editor alone should be one of simplest ones, to avoid yet 
another learning curve.

It said, learn C and only then use an editor like Emacs or an IDE.