[PLUG] Apology.
Matt
wirges@expert.cc.purdue.edu
Mon, 30 Oct 2000 20:24:18 -0500
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I better apologize before I get a bunch of flames....
My previous comments were not intended to be an Anti-Microsoft =
sentiment. I should not have used the term "Whore", and for that I =
apologize. As I said to Dennis Brylow, I think that the use of Visual =
Studio may promote sloppy coding habits, because it does syntax error =
checking on the fly. The scenario I used was suppose a new CS student =
(new to the field) learns on J++ and later has to move to a *nix =
platform using, say, VI as an editor and JDK for compiling and =
debugging. That person may not pay that much attention to how good =
their syntax, and indenting, et cetera... because they are used to the =
sdk doing it for them, which in turn may make the programming experience =
much more frustrating and unenjoyable (How many times have you been =
driven nuts by an "Unterminated String Literal" or the likes ;). I do =
undestand that it may be easier for a new person (who is only used to MS =
Platform) to use Vis Studio, but I know of myself (and a few others, for =
I have not polled the school), that I would rather learn the whole unix =
platform and editors first, perhaps and Introduction, to the =
Introduction to Computer Programming, sorta bridging the gap. =20
Again, I didn't mean to offend anyone, or come off to narrow minded, =
just an error of judgement on my part, and an inappropriate way to =
express my opinion.
I will have to make sure that I watch myself in the future:
import matt.mental.dont.be.anidiot;
=3D]
-Matt
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2> I better apologize =
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2> My previous comments were not =
intended to be=20
an Anti-Microsoft sentiment. I should not have used the term =
"Whore", and=20
for that I apologize. As I said to Dennis Brylow, I think that the =
use of=20
Visual Studio may promote sloppy coding habits, because it does syntax =
error=20
checking on the fly. The scenario I used was suppose a new CS =
student=20
(new to the field) learns on J++ and later has to move to a *nix =
platform using,=20
say, VI as an editor and JDK for compiling and debugging. =
That person=20
may not pay that much attention to how good their syntax, and indenting, =
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cetera... because they are used to the sdk doing it for them, =
which in=20
turn may make the programming experience much more frustrating and =
unenjoyable=20
(How many times have you been driven nuts by an "Unterminated =
String=20
Literal" or the likes ;). I do undestand that it may be easier for =
a new=20
person (who is only used to MS Platform) to use Vis Studio, but I know =
of myself=20
(and a few others, for I have not polled the school), that I would =
rather learn=20
the whole unix platform and editors first, perhaps and Introduction, to =
the=20
Introduction to Computer Programming, sorta bridging the gap. =20
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2> Again, I didn't mean =
to offend=20
anyone, or come off to narrow minded, just an error of judgement on my =
part, and=20
an inappropriate way to express my opinion.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I will have to make sure that I watch =
myself in the=20
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>import =
matt.mental.dont.be.anidiot;</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>=3D]</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>-Matt</FONT></DIV>
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