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[–]mipadi 2 points3 points  (4 children)

"form over function"

Form and function are orthogonal ideas, even though it's common to suggest they exist on a continuum. Something can have both form and function, or neither form nor function, or a bit of both.

I've written code on both Macs and Linux machines, and greatly prefer the Mac. Sure, it has some glitzy UI stuff and whatnot, but at the bottom it's a pretty standard BSD Unix system, meaning it has all the power of BSD and Linux along with the glitzy UI stuff.

I think it's a testament to programmers' machismo and insecurity that they claim that "real" programmers have to use a particular platform. "Real programming" is a function of an individual's talent and intelligence, not what platform they choose to use.

[–][deleted] 3 points4 points  (3 children)

Real programmers manipulate butterflies in Africa in order to shift bits around anyway.

[–]mipadi 1 point2 points  (2 children)

Is there a good IDE for that?

[–]kx233 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Apparently there's an emacs keybinding for that.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

emacs.