> {Yep even the best of syntax highlighting patterns still can't handle some > of those FUNKY regexs I use in my perl program.} > > Was that to scare us newcomers to Perl > > I have been programming on/off since late 1978 > and now I an just starting to program for the WEB > > Perl, PHP, mySQL, etc. > > I have seen good editors, and bad ones. > I have written editors for RPG II and other specific languages > that are very hard to work with in "normal" text-style editors > > I have not seen any ONE editor that works for even most > type of text-based programming documents I and other I know have done. > > I currently use more than 5 different editor, > depending upon what I am editing and what I want to do. > But, I use only one most of the time. > > As a long time programmer > and one with Dyslexia to boot{two strikes against me}, > I say find one you like and use it, > until it becomes second nature to you. > > If you have need to use other editors for SPECIFIC > needs that the one you work with cannot do > find one that can handle those needs, and use it > for those needs only. > > The best "writing" is done when you do not have to worry > about the tools you are using to write with. > > As I said, I use many editors, and I am always looking to see > if there are better ones. I currently use an older version of > NoteTab as my main editor. Sometimes the newer a product gets, > the harder it is to use. > > I still find some of my old DOS programs work easier and faster > then that of their Windows counterparts. > > I read one comment about Crimson Editor - it can fit on a floppy > I can remember when that was a given - fit on a floppy. > I now have that editor and it looks promising. > We will see after using it for a while. > > I am sorry for this long statement - and it is my first reply here. > But us old time programmers, even though new to web-programming > may have in-sites with over 20 years of programming. > I have forgotten more languages than I want to remember. > And I have been told that the older generation could not > understand this "new" world of the NET. > I had to write the routines to allowed me to do things the younger > generation take for granted today. My generation invented the > stuff we build on today. Just because I am over 40 does not > mean I cannot do what a 20 year old can. I have lost many a job > just because of age prejudice. > > But it is time that he newer programmers look back to the ones > that have been doing it for most of their lives, ask how to program. > It is language independent - I should know. It is just syntax differences > not the How-To. > > This argument about which editor is the best is just the tip. > We must have the best of everything. > Buy a computer for $4,000 this year and then > scrap it next year for the newest and greatest. > > I use and own equipment from a 486 to some of the newest technology, > nut I an typing this from a computer that I have had since the AMD-266 > days. It is currently upgraded to a 500 MHz computer, but it still > is my favorite one to work with. > > Remember - find one you like and stick with it > unless you find one that is much better, not just the newest thing. > > If you keep needing to learn new hardware and software to > do the same job that you can do with your current equipment, > why take the time. For me time is money. Spend you time > where it counts. Not to keep up with the "Jones". > > Timothy Lungstrom > owner of Kracked Press Production > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ****************************************** > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "drieux" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "begin begin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, July 31, 2002 11:30 AM > Subject: Re: Perl IDE's v. Perl Editors was Re: Editor > > > > > > On Wednesday, July 31, 2002, at 08:04 , Nikola Janceski wrote: > > > > > Yep even the best of syntax highlighting patterns still can't handle > some > > > of > > > those FUNKY regexs I use in my perl program. > > > > don't EVEN get me started....... > > > > { "too late drieux...." } > > > > hum..... parenting code, is like parenting children, > > not for the feint of heart, and mostly done wrong.... > > > > > > > > ciao > > drieux > > > > --- > > > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > >
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