Re: Re: Is Java really better than Perl???

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What the F does IDE and GUI's have to do with the cost of doing business

Oh, I can think of a few:

Cost of purchasing/supporting multiple IDEs/editors
Cost of training people to use multiple editors/IDEs
Cost of having to implement the company-wide SCM policy in multiple environments

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Re: Re: Re: Is Java really better than Perl??? by coreolyn (Parson) on Apr 26, 2004 at 17:51 UTC
GUI's do not increase real productivity. Knowlege does, GUI's 'dumb down' learning. Eliminate the GUI's -- now there's real cost savings. 1 command line commando can accomplish the work of an entire department of GUI programmers. coreolyn	[reply]
Re^4: Is Java really better than Perl??? by adrianh (Chancellor) on Apr 26, 2004 at 21:50 UTC
GUI's do not increase real productivity. Knowlege does, GUI's 'dumb down' learning. Eliminate the GUI's -- now there's real cost savings. 1 command line commando can accomplish the work of an entire department of GUI programmers. GUI based tools and command line tools are just tools. People can use them well or badly. Personally I'd like to have Eclipse around to help automate some Java refactoring. I like having Interface Builder around to help build Mac OS X interfaces with. I like using GUI tools for what they're good at, and command line tools for what they're good at. Or should I prefer ed to vi or emacs because it's less GUIish? :-)	[reply]

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