I don't get the vehemence, but I do understand why a programmer's editor (whichever one you like!) makes a huge difference to productivity.
Me ... I like BBEdit on OS X, which is a shame because I don't own a Mac. (I used it a LOT at the old job.) On Windows, I've settled on EditPlus, though I could be convinced to try something else.
I used to use Q.E.D. on my Amiga - which was especially nifty because it had a full ARexx port and recorded its macros in ARexx. (The lack of a decent scripting base in Windows that virtually all apps support really sucks, after having had ARexx on the Amiga and OSA on MacOS. And although the "ARexx ports" were originally intended just for that language, toward the end of when I was using AmigaOS regularly, several other scripting languages were released that could interface with those "ports," resulting in something similar to the Mac's Open Scripting Architecture.)
I've retroactively manipulated atoms throughout time so as the planet coalesced, the iron/aluminum was mined in a predicted order, and when it finally made all of its way onto the hard disk platter, it was pre-programmed to do exactly what I want, bug-free.
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Date: 2008-02-01 08:29 pm (UTC)%s/LOL/barf/g
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Date: 2008-02-01 09:03 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-02-02 03:28 am (UTC)(Not a programmer, but I do carry on using pine...)
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Date: 2008-02-02 04:35 am (UTC)Me ... I like BBEdit on OS X, which is a shame because I don't own a Mac. (I used it a LOT at the old job.) On Windows, I've settled on EditPlus, though I could be convinced to try something else.
I used to use Q.E.D. on my Amiga - which was especially nifty because it had a full ARexx port and recorded its macros in ARexx. (The lack of a decent scripting base in Windows that virtually all apps support really sucks, after having had ARexx on the Amiga and OSA on MacOS. And although the "ARexx ports" were originally intended just for that language, toward the end of when I was using AmigaOS regularly, several other scripting languages were released that could interface with those "ports," resulting in something similar to the Mac's Open Scripting Architecture.)
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Date: 2008-02-03 06:11 am (UTC)IWTI
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Date: 2008-02-03 06:12 am (UTC)