True. I taught myself C using vim + gcc under Linux. For those wondering what exactly you learn:
1. You learn the command line interface to your compiler, which is invaluable and something you'll have to learn at some point, even if you start off on an IDE.
2. Similarly you learn the command line interface to the compiler's support tools like make, linker, debugger, profiler, source code revision control, grep, strings and so on, and more importantly how the whole process of 'write-compile-execute-debug' cycle is done.
1. You learn the command line interface to your compiler, which is invaluable and something you'll have to learn at some point, even if you start off on an IDE.
2. Similarly you learn the command line interface to the compiler's support tools like make, linker, debugger, profiler, source code revision control, grep, strings and so on, and more importantly how the whole process of 'write-compile-execute-debug' cycle is done.