Regarding Development

Well, I didn't ever think it was going to happen. I thought I'd code in vi forever. Turns out I was wrong. I'll admit I haven't coded in vi since the end of Fall quarter, but I thought maybe it was just a phase. I'll probably still use vi for coding in C, but I don't think I can go back from Eclipse in Java or PHP. Currently I spend probably about 6 hours a day in Eclipse coding in one language or another. Usually such consistent and constant use would make one absolutely hate the environment they're using. For some baffling reason Eclipse doesn't make me want to pull my eyeballs out. Sure there are a couple of annoying things, but nothing as frightful as what drove me to vi in the first place. Eclipse really is elegant, everything from its sexy cvs integration, to it's handy-dandy layout. Even it's typing completion is nice. I've heard that Microsoft VS is a similar experience for C++, but since I'm pretty C++ retarded that will remain to be seen.

Speaking of C++, I really ought to make the investment in time to learn more about it. Everyone seems to say it's just C with more stuff. I think I'm a pretty decent C programmer, so maybe that "more stuff" is something I'd like. Then of course, it might be something I'd hate. Oh well, PHP is my current love.