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by flocial
2114 days ago
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I suspect the majority of programmers who say this have internalized the core api features they depend on (function calls, syntax, common algorithms, etc.) that make them super productive. Whereas average programmers and below need all the help they can get from their editor to tame the wild goose chase of looking up common functions, scouring StackOverflow, and even looking for random snippets on long abandoned blogs, etc. In other words his mastery greatly reduces his dependence on IDE/editor features so this makes perfect sense. Watching Carmack live coding, he types with conviction and gets things done: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydyztGZnbNs Sitting down with OpenBSD during a cabin retreat: https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Carmack-... |
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He says he still uses intellisense type features to aid discovery and memory. Just not the advanced stuff for editing.