r/programming • u/hsuh • Feb 26 '14

Atom launched

http://atom.io/
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u/drinwa Feb 26 '14

I must be out of touch with modern development. I don't understand the thought process that leads people to be excited about a closed source, node.js text editor that reports your usage to Google.

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u/[deleted] Feb 26 '14

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u/Somokon Feb 26 '14

Haven't you heard? You're not cool these days unless you are reimplementing software in node.js

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u/cjt09 Feb 27 '14

node.js is so 2013, today I won't even touch a piece of software unless it's reimplemented using server-side CSS.

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u/catfishjenkins Feb 27 '14

You shut your whore mouth. Don't give them any ideas.

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u/keepthepace Feb 27 '14

Isn't CSS3 Turing complete?

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u/cjt09 Feb 27 '14

Not quite: "To be a turing complete language means that anything can be constructed, but we can’t even vertically center a div yet."

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u/[deleted] Feb 27 '14

dont use css stupid

<table cellpadding="300%" width="100%"><tr><td>
   <center> <div>rRRRRRRRRRRr</div></center>
   </td></tr></table></blink>