[dsl]

Good programmers don't need this.

[wisty]

It depends on the stack you are working with. Need to work with a big, unfamiliar, badly documented API? Good programmers don't want to be in that kind of situation, but it happens.

[primitur]

For me, cscope+vim+ddd has all the editing/building/debugging power I need .. I think with this combination of tools I can match the prowess of any fat IDE for any degree of 'cruddy project' > 'power codebase' ..

[jpitz]

I'll disagree, and assert that this is the logical conclusion of your statement: http://xkcd.com/378/

[nih]

Good programmers code in hex.

[innes]

Good programmers don't need this, like good sprinters don't need bicycles.

[mattgreenrocks]

Ah yes, the classic "if you haven't memorized all of the APIs and their side effects you're not a real developer" schtick.