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    What programming terms would you consider equivalent to foul language? For example: Legacy Code

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      What programming terms would you consider equivalent to foul language? For example: Legacy Code

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        What programming terms would you consider equivalent to foul language? For example: Legacy Code

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          Outsourcing

          image processing toolkits | batch image processing

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            What programming terms would you consider equivalent to foul language? For example: Legacy Code

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              What programming terms would you consider equivalent to foul language? For example: Legacy Code

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              Mustafa Ismail Mustafa
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              Throws, as in the Java notation :thumbsdown:

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                What programming terms would you consider equivalent to foul language? For example: Legacy Code

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                DBNull.Value

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                  What programming terms would you consider equivalent to foul language? For example: Legacy Code

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                  Jim Crafton
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                  The entire Visual Basic syntax.

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                    Throws, as in the Java notation :thumbsdown:

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                    Pete OHanlon
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                    Ooh yes - definitely. I completely forgot that.

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                      The entire Visual Basic syntax.

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                      Hey, VB has one remaining virtue... Optional/Named parameters... C# doesn't get 'em until .NET 4.0

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                        What programming terms would you consider equivalent to foul language? For example: Legacy Code

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                        Variant. dynamic. IUnknown.

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                          Hey, VB has one remaining virtue... Optional/Named parameters... C# doesn't get 'em until .NET 4.0

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                          Pete OHanlon
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                          Actually, I'd rather like the with statement as well.

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                            Variant. dynamic. IUnknown.

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                            IUnkown was fine - it was IQueryInterface that introduced all the problems. ;P

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                              Actually, I'd rather like the with statement as well.

                              "WPF has many lovers. It's a veritable porn star!" - Josh Smith

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                              Ian Shlasko
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                              Oh right... Good point. Let's steal that for C# too.

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                                Throws, as in the Java notation :thumbsdown:

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                                Mustafa Ismail Mustafa wrote:

                                Throws, as in the Anything in Java notation

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                                  What programming terms would you consider equivalent to foul language? For example: Legacy Code

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                                  "Brain F$%k" is pretty foul [^]

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                                    Mustafa Ismail Mustafa wrote:

                                    Throws, as in the Anything in Java notation

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

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                                    Mustafa Ismail Mustafa
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                                    Quite true.

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

                                    EVERY time I read your signature, I cringe :shudder: It is funny though :)

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                                      COBOL!

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                                        DBNull.Value

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                                        Mustafa Ismail Mustafa
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                                        Right?! I'm sick and tired of that silly thing, why by the most nebulous star shine weren't they able to make it equal to DBNull or just plain null?!

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                                          Oh right... Good point. Let's steal that for C# too.

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                                          Next you'll be wanting to drop the semicolon and case sensitivity.

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