9 Mar
2007
9 Mar
'07
3:30 p.m.
When I'm coding I'll take paper any day. Even
multiple displays on
the same computer isn't nearly as convenient. I can sit with a
listing and get out my no. 2 pencil and scribble. I can easily lay
two listings side-by-side to get a good idea of differences between
two versions and draw boxes, notes and arrows.
When I play around with a bit of unfamiliar code or set of waveforms
or a circuit design, I'll keep track of what I'm doing with paper and
pencil.
A listing on 14" tractor-feed paper beats the heck out of just about
any IDE as far as I'm concerned.
I'm probably just showing my age.
I'm old-fashioned too. I do my hardware design and fault-finding with a
pen and paper (and maybe a calculaotr). I draw my RE'd diagrams by hand
(I'll use CAD system when I find one that actually _aids_ me). I debug
what little code I write working on a printed listing and making notes.
And so on.
I rarely carry a pocket computer with me, but I am almost never without a
notebook (the paper kind) and pen.
I also find it much easier to flip through a paper catalogue or databook
and see what's available than to do the same thing on-line. I really
don't know how peop[le find what chips are avaialbe, and what their
features are with on-line datasheets.
-tony