From: "M. Edward (Ed) Borasky" Date: 2006-08-28T01:42:05+09:00 Subject: Re: Why Ruby does not nead an ide Jeremy Henty wrote: > On 2006-08-27, David Vallner wrote: >> Charles O Nutter wrote: >>> I'm glad I'm not the only one tired of hearing Emacs users belittle >>> IDE users, as though they're running any closer to bare metal. >> Now this is one phenomenon I never understood. Why is that a good >> thing?! > > Some people feel more secure if they're closer to the foundations. > You can see them in swimming pools, staying in the shallow end so they > can keep a foot on the bottom. > > Regards, > > Jeremy Henty > > 1. As Eleanor Roosevelt said, "No one can make you feel inferior without your consent." 2. Muscle memory can be a hard taskmaster. It took me two years to stop putting unnecessary semicolons at the end of one-line R statements. :) My point is that if something works for you, keep doing it. If it doesn't work for you, you might just find it tougher to change than you expected. :)