[zwp]

> dick measuring contest

A more experienced colleague: "Pah, that's just a crutch". Well, yes. And?

My personal tipping point was watching a sysadmin edit resolv.conf and type "namesrever": vim picked it out in reverse red. This mistake could otherwise have gone unnoticed for a while. Good crutch.

[efaref]

When I first started writing python, my number one error was writing "else" without the necessary colon. A simple adjustment to my syntax highlighter and I stopped that class of error completely.

[mikeash]

Other crutches: keyboards (just enter your data with switches), non-volatile memory (reload everything manually at power on), compilers (generate machine code by hand), etc.

[kazinator]

If someone says "pah, that's just a crutch" in a dick measuring contest, it's safe to say that he has won.