Grad student?  Seems pretty low level to me.

-Ross.

On Thu, Apr 3, 2008 at 12:33 PM, Chick Markley <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Years ago I was in a discussion with a physics professor about aspects
>  of some new programming language, he then said to me,  "I use a  high
>  level  language",  naturally I tried to guess what it was, I went
>  through a pretty extensive list, increasingly esoteric.  "No, no," he
>  said at last, "it's none of those,  it's called 'graduate student'".  I
>  imagine he used a text editor called 'secretary'.
>  -chick
>
> >
> > A true hacker has no need for these crude tools. He waits for cosmic
> > radiation to pummel the magnetic patterns on his drive into a pleasing
> > and functional sequence of bits.
> >
> > --Sebastian
> >
> > Ross Singer wrote:
> >
> > > All I use is a pen and legal size paper.  Longhand is the real
> > > hacker's IDE.
> > >
> > > Then I feed my code in via a scanner and OCR.
> > >
> > > Python's a little tricker:  needs a ruler or graph paper at the very
> > > least.
> > >
> > > All my work is open source, give me a call and I'll read it to you.
> > > Sorry, the fax machine isn't working right.
> > >
> > > -Ross.
> > >
> > > On Wed, Apr 2, 2008 at 4:43 PM, Ryan Ordway <[log in to unmask]>
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > > I prefer to edit the filesystem directly with a hex editor. No
> > > >  mounting required! I've given up on using magents directly on the
> hard
> > > >  drive, I tend to do more damage that way...
> > > >
> > > >  On Mar 31, 2008, at 10:54 AM, David Fiander wrote:
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > Vi is just as programmable as emacs. It's possible to write a vi
> macro
> > > > > that runs a turing machine.
> > > > >
> > > > > - David
> > > > >
> > > > > On Mon, Mar 31, 2008 at 1:43 PM, Cloutman, David
> > > > > <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > > I use nano, which is the same thing as pico, more or less. I wrote
> my
> > > > > > first web pages using pico in a unix shell. I always thought it
> was a
> > > > > > great editor. I use nano almost daily, even on my Windows
> machines.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I just don't see the attaction to vi. I understand the need to
> know
> > > > > > it,
> > > > > > but the fundamentalist furvor that some people have for the
> program
> > > > > > baffles me.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > - David
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > ---
> > > > > > David Cloutman <[log in to unmask]>
> > > > > > Electronic Services Librarian
> > > > > > Marin County Free Library
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > > > From: Code for Libraries [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
> > > > > > Behalf Of
> > > > > > K.G. Schneider
> > > > > > Sent: Monday, March 31, 2008 10:09 AM
> > > > > > To: [log in to unmask]
> > > > > > Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] K&R (was: Gartner on OSS)
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > I now open up the vi vs. emacs discussion:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >      http://xkcd.com/378/
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > (personally, I'm a BBEdit user, but fall back to vi as needed
> ...
> > > > > > > and
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > ex
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > for those rare times when you have to tip into a Solaris box to
> fix
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > the
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > vfstab and your TERM is completely hosed)
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > -Joe
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > Back when that was my choice, I used emacs exactly once, during
> > > > > > which I
> > > > > > removed every instance of the letter "m" from a lengthy document.
> > > > > > (When
> > > > > > I have to edit a file in my shell account, which is rare, I use
> > > > > > pico...
> > > > > > yes, I know that makes me a sissy *and I don't care.*)
> > > > > >
> > > > > > K.G. Schneider
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Email Disclaimer:
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> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >  --
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