Comments on: The Real World versus BlogWorld

By: Abdullah

Abdullah — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 10:39:26 +0000

Hi Jared,
Great blog. I just subscribed via google reader. I am a beginner in the world of emacs and emacs lisp and it has been a great journey so far. I am blogging on emacs and emacs lisp. The content is pretty basic but your comments, advice and suggestions will be very helpful.

By: Jared

Jared — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 21:11:26 +0000

Hi Aleksandar,

Maybe sometimes an IDE is the right tool for the job, e.g. Java or C# programming. I’ve seen Java programmers create impressive applications from scratch just by hitting Ctrl- many times.

By: Aleksandar

Aleksandar — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 12:20:36 +0000

@Jared – yea, I know, but I usually find that its only cos they don’t understand emacs fully yet…

@chuck – so true, *but* not if you work for yourself

By: Jared

Jared — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 20:48:01 +0000

@Aleksandar – I don’t know about that. I’ve seen very people being very productive with IDEs. Obviously, I think I’m more productive with Emacs, but maybe I’m not going to get the time back that I originally invested.

@chuck – Sad but true. I couldn’t put it any better myself

By: chuck

chuck — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 14:33:32 +0000

In BlogWorld, having an opinionated blog about your programming experiences is a job qualification; in the real world it’s a job liability.

By: Aleksandar

Aleksandar — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 12:32:04 +0000

“for most programmers IDEs are better than emacs”

I believe that was already answered for them:

“How long, O simple ones, will you love being simple?
How long will scoffers delight in their scoffing and fools hate knowledge? ” Proverbs 1, 22