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by WorldWideWayne 4367 days ago
Why would I sit down with a terminal when I don't need a terminal to do the type of programming that I do?

Furthermore, anyone who knows how to type and read knows how to use a terminal - it's really not that special of a skill mate :)
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danford 4367 days ago
What programming do you do? css?
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WorldWideWayne 4367 days ago
I do C# in Visual Studio all day long. Rarely (if ever) need to touch the terminal. Hundreds of thousands of people use my apps. But nope - I guess I'm not a real programmer because "I don't prefer the terminal". Give us a break mate. Nobody agrees with you.
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danford 4367 days ago
WorldWideWayne thanks for opening my eyes. You sure are smart. :^)

edit: I just had to post this from your comment history, I think we could both use a chuckle:

"I'm the other VIC-20 vote so far and I don't know where my family had gotten that computer. It came with a book of BASIC programs that you could type in but we didn't have have a storage unit (tape drive), so each time I wanted to play a game I had to type the entire program in and run it. Most of the time I asked my mom to type it in for me, but I remember a couple of times that I spent the hour hunting and pecking in order to play my favorite game (Moon Rover or something, I forget the name)."

You still getting mom to type in terminal commands for you?

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