Programming's Foul Language
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What programming terms would you consider equivalent to foul language? For example: Legacy Code
Todd Smith
1. Any code that uses disk files for temporary variable storage. It means speed is throttled by disk IO, which makes delayed write required, which threatens the entire system file system. 2. Yes: "Option base 1" is such a bad idea. 3. Any do-nothing wait loop without an abort mechanism: the HP/RMB BASIC "WAIT {seconds}" would stop the whole machine, including the display and IO while it did nothing. 4. Any compiler that allows uninitialized variables. Random values cause unpredictable behavior/crashes. 5. Any (real time/ ISR) code that will stack overflow if the CPU is too slow. ...etc
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Throws, as in the Java notation :thumbsdown:
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Really? I loved checked exceptions when I was programming in Java. I have the backing of at least one more highly-respected CPian. :)
Cheers, Vikram. (Proud to have finally cracked a CCC!)
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What programming terms would you consider equivalent to foul language? For example: Legacy Code
Todd Smith
Sleep(1000);X|It is a crappy thing, but it's life -^ Carlo Pallini
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Quite true.
Mark Wallace wrote:
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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Mustafa Ismail Mustafa wrote:
EVERY time I read your signature, I cringe :shudder:
These days, I have a hard time cutting bread without cringing.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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What programming terms would you consider equivalent to foul language? For example: Legacy Code
Todd Smith
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What programming terms would you consider equivalent to foul language? For example: Legacy Code
Todd Smith
like the word gay has lost it's original meaning - a shame it is... so to is the word "net" ... now when I hear "net" or "dot net" I shrudder
Know way too many languages... master of none!
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Next you'll be wanting to drop the semicolon and case sensitivity.
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So I guess at CP does not ask programmers to write documents. Are you hiring? :)
Rama Krishna Vavilala wrote:
So I guess at CP does not ask programmers to write documents.
Nobody should ask programmers to write documents. Documents written by programmers are the bane of my existence.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Throws, as in the Java notation :thumbsdown:
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Kidding ? :omg: Coding without it is like using FORTRAN: do not catch anything, or enclose all code in try/catch, just in case ;P
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What programming terms would you consider equivalent to foul language? For example: Legacy Code
Todd Smith
Java, COM, COM+, Interpreted languages, SOA
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IUnkown was fine - it was IQueryInterface that introduced all the problems. ;P
"WPF has many lovers. It's a veritable porn star!" - Josh Smith
As Braveheart once said, "You can take our freedom but you'll never take our Hobnobs!" - Martin Hughes.
QueryInterface() was a part of IUnknown... ;P
-- Kein Mitleid Für Die Mehrheit
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SIGSEGVSIGBUS wasn't so hot either.
-- Kein Mitleid Für Die Mehrheit
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What programming terms would you consider equivalent to foul language? For example: Legacy Code
Todd Smith
StartDate nvarchar(20) default '' -
Actually, I'd rather like the
withstatement as well."WPF has many lovers. It's a veritable porn star!" - Josh Smith
As Braveheart once said, "You can take our freedom but you'll never take our Hobnobs!" - Martin Hughes.
I got over that very quickly and now can't figure why people miss it. Just use a short named local.
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Parts of it - you can't do method invocation with it.
"WPF has many lovers. It's a veritable porn star!" - Josh Smith
As Braveheart once said, "You can take our freedom but you'll never take our Hobnobs!" - Martin Hughes.
You can use an initialiser for your Nodes collection as well.
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Extension Method.
Are you mad Sir?
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I mean - it's a pretty awful thing to wish upon a developer...
cheers, Chris Maunder The Code Project Co-founder Microsoft C++ MVP
I like writing documents. :)
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Are you mad Sir?
(There was supposed to be some sexual connotation in there. :~ ) But I do dislike the prolific use of the things.
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What programming terms would you consider equivalent to foul language? For example: Legacy Code
Todd Smith
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Drop the semi-colon? And be forced _ to resort to VB's _ horrible style of _ line continuations!?!? No thanks. Though the case sensitivity... I wouldn't have to deal with code where people name the private variables the same as the exposed properties, with just case differences... Or better yet, gems like:
int num = Num + NUM;
Thankfully, I've never actually seen a line that bad, but imagine a program written like that... There's something you can't do in VB.
Proud to have finally moved to the A-Ark. Which one are you in? Developer, Author (Guardians of Xen)
You so could write it like that in VB. But it would be tantamount to
num *= 2err I meannum = num * 2Curses to VB and it's lack of shorthand arithmetic operators!
Ninja (the Nerd)
Confused? You will be...