Life is too short to use bad tools. His point about "love your tools" is very close to what the relationship should be.
I /love/ my editor, I've been using it for 20 years. There's a great visual merge tool I've been using every day for over a decade. And a handful of others. Some of these I purchased (and keep up to date) with my own money. I don't mind, it's worthwhile investment.
Then I see people who regularly write code in Notepad or the moral equivalent, and I want to cry. They have no idea what they are missing.
I happen to disagree on colors; I'm red-green colorblind. Colors may be great for providing hints, but conveying /meaning/ with colors is fraught with peril.
I /love/ my editor, I've been using it for 20 years. There's a great visual merge tool I've been using every day for over a decade. And a handful of others. Some of these I purchased (and keep up to date) with my own money. I don't mind, it's worthwhile investment.
Then I see people who regularly write code in Notepad or the moral equivalent, and I want to cry. They have no idea what they are missing.
I happen to disagree on colors; I'm red-green colorblind. Colors may be great for providing hints, but conveying /meaning/ with colors is fraught with peril.