Date: Tue, 19 Mar 1996 00:08:25 +0100 From: Borja Marcos <borjam@we.lc.ehu.es> To: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: GAS question Message-ID: <314DECE9.41C67EA6@we.lc.ehu.es> References: <199603180032.LAA21469@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
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Michael Smith wrote: > > Terry Lambert stands accused of saying: > > > > > For crying out loud, wasn't it you, Terry, that was complaining about > > > not having an environment where you could click on a compiler error > > > and jump to the offending line of source? Emacs has been doing that > > > for as long as it's known what a mouse _is_. > > > > Now I need to complain that it's emacs... > > This legitimises me complaining that VC is a Windows tool, that it's a > Microsoft product, and that your socks are mismatched. > > It's a tool. It works. It does what is required. What more can you ask? > Political correctness? Sound samples on every keystroke? Sheesh. 8) Ahhhh, the GUI fever!!!!! You can write two identical programs, one in text mode and the other in a GUI with 3D look, etc. Both programs can be identical, and even the GUI version can be more cumbersome to use than the text-only version. (Something I see frequently, especially if you don't have a really excellent mouse and want to work fast). Most people will choose the graphical program. I have been helping a friend who is designing WWW pages and needed to change the decoration of 251 pages (TWO HUNDRED AND ONE). Do you know which Windows or Mac tool I used? NONE!!! I used sed and the shell. Try to do that with a GUI tool. I think there is simply a fashion towards GUIs. Surely my sed/shell scripts aren't terribly pretty, don't have a tridimensional look, but they change 250 pages in about 1 minute in a 386, and I relax while the machine works. As far as I can see... Unix commands have proven to be between the most useful programs written... I still find many uses for them for which no other program suits. Take the example I have mentioned. Borja. borjam@we.lc.ehu.es
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