I have gvim on my Windows box and use it regularly to edit code (EZNEC, Octave and MatLab files, mostly). At first (1980s) I thought vi was primitive. But over the years I realized that it's portability makes it brilliant. At one time my job was to create a simulation of a large, complex, virtual IBM mainframe disk system. Often, when a user was running his/her code against the simulator and a problem arose it was a question of whether the user code or the simulator code was at fault. Being able to look at the logs and code instantly using vi was, I don't know, like drinking a glass of water. Second nature. The editing was a miniscule effort compared to trying to figure out what code was broken.
When using EMACS, I always had to think about what keys on the keyboard I needed to press to do something. Probably beccause I was never a really good software engineer. I understood electrons, but not C pointers.
DaveD
KC0WJN
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On Sep 20, 2024, at 09:25, n4buq via groups.io <n4buq@...> wrote:
?When I left the world of UNIX (actually "CLIX" for our product), I travelled to the dark side and use notepad, etc., now. I do miss the vi days. So much one can do without ever taking one's hands off of the keyboard.
Barry - N4BUQ
Was, but no longer?
Though the "editor wars" are fun, I actually use both vi and emacs
regularly. I'm going to make a quick edit /etc/resolv.conf, I use vi.
If I'm sitting down for a ten-hour coding session, I use emacs.
-Dave
On 9/20/24 08:26, n4buq wrote:
I was a vi man myself.
Barry - N4BUQ
'Twas a joke. But emacs has to be one of the most widely-ported pieces of
software in history.
-Dave
On September 19, 2024 8:23:47 PM "Harvey White" <madyn@...> wrote:
Never used it, so... wasn't available for what I was doing.
Harvey
On 9/19/2024 7:57 PM, Dave McGuire wrote:
Emacs!
On 9/19/24 19:53, Harvey White wrote:
Unless you like VHDL...... <grin>
Harvey
On 9/19/2024 5:29 PM, Dave Daniel wrote:
Add in SystemVerilog if one is contemplating FPGA/ASIC work.
DaveD
KC0WJN
Thanks for all the fish.
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On Sep 19, 2024, at 16:03, Roy Thistle via groups.io
<roy.thistle@...> wrote:
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On Thu, Sep 19, 2024 at 09:11 AM, Frank Mashockie wrote:
I've been considering going into an online master's program for
EE.
If your boss is not paying for it... It's expensive.
2 to 3 years to complete, on average.
Say 50,000USD total cost, on average... and up... for many good US
schools.
Georgia Tech is... about the lowest cost... 10,000USD total cost.
Everyone is different... but IMO... the average person... depending
on which specialty they want... needs to have a strong background in
calculus... as in vector, complex, and differential equations...
linear algebra... numerical methods... statistics.
Computer science skills are required too.
Programming in Python or C
Simulations in software packages like Pspice
HDL like Verilog, or VHDL
Not to mention a strong background in
circuit analysis
devices
probably other stuff I forgot too.
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Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
New Kensington, PA
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Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
New Kensington, PA
