Why VB.Net blah blah... [modified]
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I wasn't ready for this:
Dim [step] as String
I was shocked and appalled to find out that VB allows you to do this kind of thing - using reserved words as variable names... Not only freakin' amazing, but amazingly bad practice... And you guys should just go ahead and brace yoourselves - after coding our Silverlight project in C# since March (and that is between 90 and 95% completed), my boss had a fit and decided he wanted it converted to VB because that's what everything else in the shop is coded in (and he was the one that okayed C# to begin with). I am (and I think understandably so) quite upset/annoyed/pissed off about it. Expect to see more posts like this as I progress through the conversion. IMHO, VB is a scourge on mankind.
.45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly
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"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." - J. Jystad, 2001modified on Thursday, November 18, 2010 9:55 AM
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I wasn't ready for this:
Dim [step] as String
I was shocked and appalled to find out that VB allows you to do this kind of thing - using reserved words as variable names... Not only freakin' amazing, but amazingly bad practice... And you guys should just go ahead and brace yoourselves - after coding our Silverlight project in C# since March (and that is between 90 and 95% completed), my boss had a fit and decided he wanted it converted to VB because that's what everything else in the shop is coded in (and he was the one that okayed C# to begin with). I am (and I think understandably so) quite upset/annoyed/pissed off about it. Expect to see more posts like this as I progress through the conversion. IMHO, VB is a scourge on mankind.
.45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly
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"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." - J. Jystad, 2001modified on Thursday, November 18, 2010 9:55 AM
Yeah... That's one feature they should have left out. Probably there to maintain backward compatibility with older versions of VB.
Proud to have finally moved to the A-Ark. Which one are you in?
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I wasn't ready for this:
Dim [step] as String
I was shocked and appalled to find out that VB allows you to do this kind of thing - using reserved words as variable names... Not only freakin' amazing, but amazingly bad practice... And you guys should just go ahead and brace yoourselves - after coding our Silverlight project in C# since March (and that is between 90 and 95% completed), my boss had a fit and decided he wanted it converted to VB because that's what everything else in the shop is coded in (and he was the one that okayed C# to begin with). I am (and I think understandably so) quite upset/annoyed/pissed off about it. Expect to see more posts like this as I progress through the conversion. IMHO, VB is a scourge on mankind.
.45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly
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"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." - J. Jystad, 2001modified on Thursday, November 18, 2010 9:55 AM
Did you point out that it would more than double the budget and cause you to discharge several of your weapons in his general direction? :-)
"If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." Red Adair. nils illegitimus carborundum me, me, me
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I wasn't ready for this:
Dim [step] as String
I was shocked and appalled to find out that VB allows you to do this kind of thing - using reserved words as variable names... Not only freakin' amazing, but amazingly bad practice... And you guys should just go ahead and brace yoourselves - after coding our Silverlight project in C# since March (and that is between 90 and 95% completed), my boss had a fit and decided he wanted it converted to VB because that's what everything else in the shop is coded in (and he was the one that okayed C# to begin with). I am (and I think understandably so) quite upset/annoyed/pissed off about it. Expect to see more posts like this as I progress through the conversion. IMHO, VB is a scourge on mankind.
.45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly
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"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." - J. Jystad, 2001modified on Thursday, November 18, 2010 9:55 AM
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Did you point out that it would more than double the budget and cause you to discharge several of your weapons in his general direction? :-)
"If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." Red Adair. nils illegitimus carborundum me, me, me
I'm a government contractor - the contract doesn't end until net October, and there's no real schedule to speak of. Cost isn't an issue. He's got guns too. At least it would be a somewhat fair fight (if you can really apply the word "fair" to a gunfight).
.45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly
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"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." - J. Jystad, 2001 -
I wasn't ready for this:
Dim [step] as String
I was shocked and appalled to find out that VB allows you to do this kind of thing - using reserved words as variable names... Not only freakin' amazing, but amazingly bad practice... And you guys should just go ahead and brace yoourselves - after coding our Silverlight project in C# since March (and that is between 90 and 95% completed), my boss had a fit and decided he wanted it converted to VB because that's what everything else in the shop is coded in (and he was the one that okayed C# to begin with). I am (and I think understandably so) quite upset/annoyed/pissed off about it. Expect to see more posts like this as I progress through the conversion. IMHO, VB is a scourge on mankind.
.45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly
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"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." - J. Jystad, 2001modified on Thursday, November 18, 2010 9:55 AM
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I'm using a web site that converts. For the most part, it does an okay job, but Linq statements tend to freak it out. I have a LOT of linq statements. I hate pretty much everything about VB, so this makes me hate my job. I updated my resume last night. I think my boss doesn't want to learn C#. I recognize that VB abnd C# are pretty much the same, but the differences are infuriating, and I simply don't like coding in it. NOTHING will change my outlook regarding VB. It has no redeeming features.
.45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly
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"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." - J. Jystad, 2001 -
Yeah - what-the-f*ck ever.
.45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly
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"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." - J. Jystad, 2001 -
I'm using a web site that converts. For the most part, it does an okay job, but Linq statements tend to freak it out. I have a LOT of linq statements. I hate pretty much everything about VB, so this makes me hate my job. I updated my resume last night. I think my boss doesn't want to learn C#. I recognize that VB abnd C# are pretty much the same, but the differences are infuriating, and I simply don't like coding in it. NOTHING will change my outlook regarding VB. It has no redeeming features.
.45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly
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"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." - J. Jystad, 2001 -
I wasn't ready for this:
Dim [step] as String
I was shocked and appalled to find out that VB allows you to do this kind of thing - using reserved words as variable names... Not only freakin' amazing, but amazingly bad practice... And you guys should just go ahead and brace yoourselves - after coding our Silverlight project in C# since March (and that is between 90 and 95% completed), my boss had a fit and decided he wanted it converted to VB because that's what everything else in the shop is coded in (and he was the one that okayed C# to begin with). I am (and I think understandably so) quite upset/annoyed/pissed off about it. Expect to see more posts like this as I progress through the conversion. IMHO, VB is a scourge on mankind.
.45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly
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"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." - J. Jystad, 2001modified on Thursday, November 18, 2010 9:55 AM
C# also allows this.
The prefix "@" enables the use of keywords as identifiers, which is useful when interfacing with other programming languages. The character @ is not actually part of the identifier, so the identifier might be seen in other languages as a normal identifier, without the prefix. An identifier with an @ prefix is called a verbatim identifier. Use of the @ prefix for identifiers that are not keywords is permitted, but strongly discouraged as a matter of style.
Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.”
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I wasn't ready for this:
Dim [step] as String
I was shocked and appalled to find out that VB allows you to do this kind of thing - using reserved words as variable names... Not only freakin' amazing, but amazingly bad practice... And you guys should just go ahead and brace yoourselves - after coding our Silverlight project in C# since March (and that is between 90 and 95% completed), my boss had a fit and decided he wanted it converted to VB because that's what everything else in the shop is coded in (and he was the one that okayed C# to begin with). I am (and I think understandably so) quite upset/annoyed/pissed off about it. Expect to see more posts like this as I progress through the conversion. IMHO, VB is a scourge on mankind.
.45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly
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"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." - J. Jystad, 2001modified on Thursday, November 18, 2010 9:55 AM
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C# also allows this.
The prefix "@" enables the use of keywords as identifiers, which is useful when interfacing with other programming languages. The character @ is not actually part of the identifier, so the identifier might be seen in other languages as a normal identifier, without the prefix. An identifier with an @ prefix is called a verbatim identifier. Use of the @ prefix for identifiers that are not keywords is permitted, but strongly discouraged as a matter of style.
Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.”
It would never even cross my mind to do that. "Strongly discouraged"? It's more like a killing offense.
.45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly
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"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." - J. Jystad, 2001 -
It would never even cross my mind to do that. "Strongly discouraged"? It's more like a killing offense.
.45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly
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"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." - J. Jystad, 2001Agreed!
Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.”
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Yeah - like I said, it would never even cross my mind to do soemthing like that. It's just stupid.
.45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly
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"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." - J. Jystad, 2001 -
I wasn't ready for this:
Dim [step] as String
I was shocked and appalled to find out that VB allows you to do this kind of thing - using reserved words as variable names... Not only freakin' amazing, but amazingly bad practice... And you guys should just go ahead and brace yoourselves - after coding our Silverlight project in C# since March (and that is between 90 and 95% completed), my boss had a fit and decided he wanted it converted to VB because that's what everything else in the shop is coded in (and he was the one that okayed C# to begin with). I am (and I think understandably so) quite upset/annoyed/pissed off about it. Expect to see more posts like this as I progress through the conversion. IMHO, VB is a scourge on mankind.
.45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly
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"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." - J. Jystad, 2001modified on Thursday, November 18, 2010 9:55 AM
It could be worse, at least you're not having to rewrite in VB6.
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I wasn't ready for this:
Dim [step] as String
I was shocked and appalled to find out that VB allows you to do this kind of thing - using reserved words as variable names... Not only freakin' amazing, but amazingly bad practice... And you guys should just go ahead and brace yoourselves - after coding our Silverlight project in C# since March (and that is between 90 and 95% completed), my boss had a fit and decided he wanted it converted to VB because that's what everything else in the shop is coded in (and he was the one that okayed C# to begin with). I am (and I think understandably so) quite upset/annoyed/pissed off about it. Expect to see more posts like this as I progress through the conversion. IMHO, VB is a scourge on mankind.
.45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly
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"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." - J. Jystad, 2001modified on Thursday, November 18, 2010 9:55 AM
SQL allows that, too.
SELECT [Date] FROM History -
I wasn't ready for this:
Dim [step] as String
I was shocked and appalled to find out that VB allows you to do this kind of thing - using reserved words as variable names... Not only freakin' amazing, but amazingly bad practice... And you guys should just go ahead and brace yoourselves - after coding our Silverlight project in C# since March (and that is between 90 and 95% completed), my boss had a fit and decided he wanted it converted to VB because that's what everything else in the shop is coded in (and he was the one that okayed C# to begin with). I am (and I think understandably so) quite upset/annoyed/pissed off about it. Expect to see more posts like this as I progress through the conversion. IMHO, VB is a scourge on mankind.
.45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly
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"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." - J. Jystad, 2001modified on Thursday, November 18, 2010 9:55 AM
John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote:
but amazingly bad practice...
For manual code, yes! However, this feature is extremely useful for generative programming (where your code generates code based on user inputs, compiles it and runs it) Thankfully, this feature is supported in both C# and VB.
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John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote:
but amazingly bad practice...
For manual code, yes! However, this feature is extremely useful for generative programming (where your code generates code based on user inputs, compiles it and runs it) Thankfully, this feature is supported in both C# and VB.
Rama Krishna Vavilala wrote:
For manual code, yes!
For ANY code - yes. It's like using
goto. Just because you *can* use it doesn't mean you *should*..45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly
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"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." - J. Jystad, 2001 -
SQL allows that, too.
SELECT [Date] FROM HistoryYeah, and I hate it there, too. I'm not a fan of SQl either, as long as we're on the topic.
.45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly
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"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." - J. Jystad, 2001 -
Rama Krishna Vavilala wrote:
For manual code, yes!
For ANY code - yes. It's like using
goto. Just because you *can* use it doesn't mean you *should*..45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly
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"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." - J. Jystad, 2001It's like saying that assembler should not use jump statements or certain constructs. When you are auto-generating code which is not supposed to be read by anyone (sort of like ASP.NET does) this feature works well. The neat thing is that codedom automatically takes care of this.