Are software developers immune to Alzheimer's disease?
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We've all heard of the Nuns Study[^], right? I was wondering if I'm exercising my mind enough to stave off Alzheimers by slogging through all the ridiculous changes, concepts, and documentation inherent in my career as a software developer. Do any of you know someone who succombed to it anyway, in spite of a long career fussing with technology? I don't, but that doesn't mean a thing 'cause I hardly know anybody, after twenty plus years of communing with machines. - Owen -
I don't remember if we are or not...
"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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"...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001 -
We've all heard of the Nuns Study[^], right? I was wondering if I'm exercising my mind enough to stave off Alzheimers by slogging through all the ridiculous changes, concepts, and documentation inherent in my career as a software developer. Do any of you know someone who succombed to it anyway, in spite of a long career fussing with technology? I don't, but that doesn't mean a thing 'cause I hardly know anybody, after twenty plus years of communing with machines. - Owen -
Owen Lawrence wrote:
I was wondering if I'm exercising my mind enough to stave off Alzheimers by slogging through all the ridiculous changes, concepts, and documentation inherent in my career as a software developer.
depends on the language. ;P
_________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)
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Owen Lawrence wrote:
I was wondering if I'm exercising my mind enough to stave off Alzheimers by slogging through all the ridiculous changes, concepts, and documentation inherent in my career as a software developer.
depends on the language. ;P
_________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)
Yeah, there are some things you'd *prefer* to forget...
Christian Graus - Microsoft MVP - C++ Metal Musings - Rex and my new metal blog "I am working on a project that will convert a FORTRAN code to corresponding C++ code.I am not aware of FORTRAN syntax" ( spotted in the C++/CLI forum )
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Owen Lawrence wrote:
after twenty plus years of communing with machines.
Alzheimers is something you get after communing for twenty years with yoga moms. What I'm worried about after communing for twenty years with machines are the missing bits and checksum errors. Marc
People are just notoriously impossible. --DavidCrow
There's NO excuse for not commenting your code. -- John Simmons / outlaw programmer
People who say that they will refactor their code later to make it "good" don't understand refactoring, nor the art and craft of programming. -- Josh SmithMarc Clifton wrote:
What I'm worried about after communing for twenty years with machines are the missing bits and checksum errors.
:rolleyes::laugh:
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Yeah, there are some things you'd *prefer* to forget...
Christian Graus - Microsoft MVP - C++ Metal Musings - Rex and my new metal blog "I am working on a project that will convert a FORTRAN code to corresponding C++ code.I am not aware of FORTRAN syntax" ( spotted in the C++/CLI forum )
Cobol comes to mind.... :wtf:
_________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)
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We've all heard of the Nuns Study[^], right? I was wondering if I'm exercising my mind enough to stave off Alzheimers by slogging through all the ridiculous changes, concepts, and documentation inherent in my career as a software developer. Do any of you know someone who succombed to it anyway, in spite of a long career fussing with technology? I don't, but that doesn't mean a thing 'cause I hardly know anybody, after twenty plus years of communing with machines. - Owen -
Owen Lawrence wrote:
We've all heard of the Nuns Study[^], right
wrong but i read the article is was very interesting and theres a bicycle shining on my knee, what did you do with my jumper it was a lovely terracotta coloUr? Count Sexfruit
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Cobol comes to mind.... :wtf:
_________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)
El Corazon wrote:
Cobol comes to mind....
I was thinking along the lines of VB...
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We've all heard of the Nuns Study[^], right? I was wondering if I'm exercising my mind enough to stave off Alzheimers by slogging through all the ridiculous changes, concepts, and documentation inherent in my career as a software developer. Do any of you know someone who succombed to it anyway, in spite of a long career fussing with technology? I don't, but that doesn't mean a thing 'cause I hardly know anybody, after twenty plus years of communing with machines. - Owen -
Yeah, my neighbor's moving into the house next door, and the new owner seems like a prick. But, on the bright side, he's renting the house, and the potential new renters seem pretty cool. :cool: Our hood is pretty tight, so we'll see what happens.... Now, what were you saying?
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El Corazon wrote:
Cobol comes to mind....
I was thinking along the lines of VB...
Paul Conrad wrote:
VB...
and the difference is? ;P
_________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)
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I don't remember if we are or not...
"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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"...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001Yeah, I told a friend the other day I thought I'd lost my mind. He assured me that it was so sick it wouldn't get far.
Author of The Career Programmer and Unite the Tribes www.PracticalUSA.com
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Paul Conrad wrote:
VB...
and the difference is? ;P
_________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)
El Corazon wrote:
Paul Conrad wrote: VB... and the difference is? ;P
:rolleyes:
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We've all heard of the Nuns Study[^], right? I was wondering if I'm exercising my mind enough to stave off Alzheimers by slogging through all the ridiculous changes, concepts, and documentation inherent in my career as a software developer. Do any of you know someone who succombed to it anyway, in spite of a long career fussing with technology? I don't, but that doesn't mean a thing 'cause I hardly know anybody, after twenty plus years of communing with machines. - Owen -
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Yeah, I told a friend the other day I thought I'd lost my mind. He assured me that it was so sick it wouldn't get far.
Author of The Career Programmer and Unite the Tribes www.PracticalUSA.com
Mine asked me if I really wanted it back that badly...
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Paul Conrad wrote:
VB...
and the difference is? ;P
_________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)
20 or 30 years of additional cruft accumulation?
-- You have to explain to them [VB coders] what you mean by "typed". their first response is likely to be something like, "Of course my code is typed. Do you think i magically project it onto the screen with the power of my mind?" --- John Simmons / outlaw programmer
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20 or 30 years of additional cruft accumulation?
-- You have to explain to them [VB coders] what you mean by "typed". their first response is likely to be something like, "Of course my code is typed. Do you think i magically project it onto the screen with the power of my mind?" --- John Simmons / outlaw programmer
dan neely wrote:
20 or 30 years of additional cruft accumulation?
except Cobol has also been accumulating additional cruft. :) There is even a Cobol .Net (not by MS). Of the ANSI standards, Cobol 2002 is the latest. Of the non-standard variants, there is even a Cobol VM to compete against C# and Java.... theoretically. It obviously competes so well you heard of it right? :laugh:
_________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)
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dan neely wrote:
20 or 30 years of additional cruft accumulation?
except Cobol has also been accumulating additional cruft. :) There is even a Cobol .Net (not by MS). Of the ANSI standards, Cobol 2002 is the latest. Of the non-standard variants, there is even a Cobol VM to compete against C# and Java.... theoretically. It obviously competes so well you heard of it right? :laugh:
_________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)
you're misreading what I was trying to say. Cobol apps are generally much older than VB ones, so they're the cruftier ones.
-- You have to explain to them [VB coders] what you mean by "typed". their first response is likely to be something like, "Of course my code is typed. Do you think i magically project it onto the screen with the power of my mind?" --- John Simmons / outlaw programmer
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you're misreading what I was trying to say. Cobol apps are generally much older than VB ones, so they're the cruftier ones.
-- You have to explain to them [VB coders] what you mean by "typed". their first response is likely to be something like, "Of course my code is typed. Do you think i magically project it onto the screen with the power of my mind?" --- John Simmons / outlaw programmer
dan neely wrote:
you're misreading what I was trying to say.
yeah, I probably was... oh well... still, Cobol and VB keep trying to reinvent new types of cruft so that all your new code can match the older cruft. I guess it is like buying a new table that is "antiqued" or pre-torn jeans. All your new stuff can look just as bad as your old stuff, but do new things. :rolleyes:
_________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)