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  • B BonshatS

    I'm guessing you're not programming in Perl.

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    Shamit Kumar Tomar
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    right. C -> C++ -> VC++ -> .NET -> PHP with a few languages with small time-frame in-between.

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    • E Ennis Ray Lynch Jr

      More often than not I have found my email sentences to be terminated with semi-colons more than anything else.

      Need custom software developed? I do C# development and consulting all over the United States. A man said to the universe: "Sir I exist!" "However," replied the universe, "The fact has not created in me A sense of obligation." --Stephen Crane

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      Rajesh R Subramanian
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      Ya gotta be kidding me;

      It is a crappy thing, but it's life -^ Carlo Pallini

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      • D Duncan Edwards Jones

        Error: Expected ';'

        '--8<------------------------ Ex Datis: Duncan Jones Merrion Computing Ltd

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        Shamit Kumar Tomar
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        No. I said I can't write improper english like, "hi wht r u doing?". I have usually started writing in passive voice and reduced use of active voices.

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        • M Mark_Wallace

          Do you mean that you can't write a sentence with the word "for" in it unless it has a "next", too?

          I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!

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          Shamit Kumar Tomar
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          exactly

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          • S Shamit Kumar Tomar

            No. I said I can't write improper english like, "hi wht r u doing?". I have usually started writing in passive voice and reduced use of active voices.

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            Dan Neely
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            Shamit Kumar Tomar wrote:

            , "hi wht r u doing?"

            I couldn't commit an obscenity like that even as a kid :P

            The European Way of War: Blow your own continent up. The American Way of War: Go over and help them.

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            • S Shamit Kumar Tomar

              I believe it does. I have been programming for 10 years and now I believe I can't write sentences without specific phrases. I can't write improper sentences. My hands stuck, keyboard refuses and cries out. Do you feel that too? :confused:

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              Tomz_KV
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              It may not improve my spelling skill because of intellisense.

              TOMZ_KV

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              • S Shamit Kumar Tomar

                No. I said I can't write improper english like, "hi wht r u doing?". I have usually started writing in passive voice and reduced use of active voices.

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                Michael Schubert
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                Shamit Kumar Tomar wrote:

                I said I can't write improper english like, "hi wht r u doing?"

                That's not English at all.

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                • R Rajesh R Subramanian

                  Ya gotta be kidding me;

                  It is a crappy thing, but it's life -^ Carlo Pallini

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                  phannon86
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                  begin Now I've taken up Delphi also I find this to be a bigger problem; end;

                  He who makes a beast out of himself gets rid of the pain of being a man

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                    begin Now I've taken up Delphi also I find this to be a bigger problem; end;

                    He who makes a beast out of himself gets rid of the pain of being a man

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                    Rajesh R Subramanian
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                    org 100h
                    mov dx,disp
                    mov ah,9
                    int 21h
                    mov ah,4Ch
                    int 21h
                    disp db 'OMG Phannon, LOL!!',0Dh,0Ah,'$'

                    It is a crappy thing, but it's life -^ Carlo Pallini

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                    • R Rajesh R Subramanian

                      org 100h
                      mov dx,disp
                      mov ah,9
                      int 21h
                      mov ah,4Ch
                      int 21h
                      disp db 'OMG Phannon, LOL!!',0Dh,0Ah,'$'

                      It is a crappy thing, but it's life -^ Carlo Pallini

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                      phannon86
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                      Other people would just consider it one hell of a speech impediment:laugh:

                      He who makes a beast out of himself gets rid of the pain of being a man

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                      • R Rajesh R Subramanian

                        org 100h
                        mov dx,disp
                        mov ah,9
                        int 21h
                        mov ah,4Ch
                        int 21h
                        disp db 'OMG Phannon, LOL!!',0Dh,0Ah,'$'

                        It is a crappy thing, but it's life -^ Carlo Pallini

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                        jcoost
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                        ...and queue http://lolcode.com/[^]

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                        • S Shamit Kumar Tomar

                          I believe it does. I have been programming for 10 years and now I believe I can't write sentences without specific phrases. I can't write improper sentences. My hands stuck, keyboard refuses and cries out. Do you feel that too? :confused:

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                          LittleYellowBird
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                          Shamit Kumar Tomar wrote:

                          I can't write improper sentences

                          I can ..... but not in the Lounge! ;)

                          Ali

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                          • E Ennis Ray Lynch Jr

                            More often than not I have found my email sentences to be terminated with semi-colons more than anything else.

                            Need custom software developed? I do C# development and consulting all over the United States. A man said to the universe: "Sir I exist!" "However," replied the universe, "The fact has not created in me A sense of obligation." --Stephen Crane

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                            NormDroid
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                            What?;

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                            • L LittleYellowBird

                              Shamit Kumar Tomar wrote:

                              I can't write improper sentences

                              I can ..... but not in the Lounge! ;)

                              Ali

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                              Rajesh R Subramanian
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                              That involves chocolate bars, Ali? :confused:

                              It is a crappy thing, but it's life -^ Carlo Pallini

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                              • R Rajesh R Subramanian

                                org 100h
                                mov dx,disp
                                mov ah,9
                                int 21h
                                mov ah,4Ch
                                int 21h
                                disp db 'OMG Phannon, LOL!!',0Dh,0Ah,'$'

                                It is a crappy thing, but it's life -^ Carlo Pallini

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                                Douglas Troy
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                                :laugh:


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                                • S Shamit Kumar Tomar

                                  I believe it does. I have been programming for 10 years and now I believe I can't write sentences without specific phrases. I can't write improper sentences. My hands stuck, keyboard refuses and cries out. Do you feel that too? :confused:

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                                  Stuart Dootson
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                                  Maybe so - but years of using computers has left me with appalling hand-writing. My niece is only 6, but her writing's much more legible than mine! My nephew (like me) is more comfortable with computers, and his writing's appalling as well - a connection there, me thinks.

                                  Java, Basic, who cares - it's all a bunch of tree-hugging hippy cr*p

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                                  • S Shamit Kumar Tomar

                                    I believe it does. I have been programming for 10 years and now I believe I can't write sentences without specific phrases. I can't write improper sentences. My hands stuck, keyboard refuses and cries out. Do you feel that too? :confused:

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                                    Rama Krishna Vavilala
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                                    Shamit Kumar Tomar wrote:

                                    Do you feel that too?

                                    No. Instant Messaging and email has degraded my grammar. I used to be very good with grammar when I was in high school. Now I think I am pretty bad.

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                                    • M Mark_Wallace

                                      Do you mean that you can't write a sentence with the word "for" in it unless it has a "next", too?

                                      I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!

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                                      PIEBALDconsult
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                                      Nor if without then.

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                                      • S Shamit Kumar Tomar

                                        No. I said I can't write improper english like, "hi wht r u doing?". I have usually started writing in passive voice and reduced use of active voices.

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                                        soap brain
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                                        Shamit Kumar Tomar wrote:

                                        I have usually started writing in passive voice and reduced use of active voices.

                                        Why? The active voice is fantastic.

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                                        • R Rage

                                          But you can still write useless things. I prefer useful info with wrong grammar & spelling than the contrary. (The best being useful info in correct grammar, but you find this as often as 100$ bills in the middle of the street). /* Increase i by 1 */ i++; :rolleyes:

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                                          Gary Wheeler
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                                          'Useful info' with incorrect grammar or spelling is suspect, in my opinion, thereby rendering it less useful.

                                          Software Zen: delete this;

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