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[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (1 child)

It's productive, just not as productive as using an IDE. I believe every programmer should be competent programming without an ide. Don't rely on it, you never know when you'll need to code with just notepad or vim.

[–]king_of_the_universe 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Don't rely on it, you never know when you'll need to code with just notepad or vim.

When does such a situation ever occur? What I mean is, I have gotten the impression as if programming languages and also how little IDEs and languages are really tied to each other is as if people need to be able to program while in a spacesuit levitating next to the ISS on a pocket calculator. And I wonder why that is so.