From: Dave Thomas <dave@...>
Date: 2003-08-07T00:55:09+09:00
Subject: Re: newbie question from a smalltalker

Adriano Volpones wrote:

>Dave Thomas wrote:
>  
>
>>I agree that IDEs are a great environment for some folks. But just for
>>balance I'd point out that it's possible to write decent sized
>>applications without a class browser and refactoring tools. My biggest
>>Ruby app so far has 460 classes, and when I need to refactor a method
>>name I find "grep-find" very usable.
>>    
>>
>
>You are right! You can always emulate every tool and bell and whistle with
>lots of grep+find+cut+paste+... is only a matter of time.
>
>What I can say is that (for me) the real fun in programming comes from
>designing and not from typing, where the last is a mere obstacle to obtain
>the first.
>  
>

Design? Where's the productivity is design? You're only working when 
you're typing, so the more you do, the harder you're working.