Who/What am I

[W Balboos GHB]

It just came to mind - the only basic of general worth: Basic Instinct

"The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein

"As far as we know, our computer has never had an undetected error." - Weisert

"If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you are seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010

[PIEBALDconsult]

Sander Rossel wrote:

VB can only do everything C# can

No it can't; there are things C# can do that VB.net can't.

[OriginalGriff]

... An empty catch block round each individual line of code... :~

Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...

[newton saber]

Pete O'Hanlon wrote:

Pragmatic.

Ahem...

if (OriginalPoster == isProgrammerWhoDoesMaintenanceOnOwnCode)
{
OriginalPoster = PragmaticProgrammer;
}
else
{
OriginalPoster = MajorProblemCreator;
}

:D

[Sander Rossel]

Like? Use unsafe code... If I wanted unsafe I wouldn't go with C# either! And there's some stuff VB can do that C# can't too :)

Visit my blog at Sander's bits - Writing the code you need. Or read my articles at my CodeProject profile.

Simplicity is prerequisite for reliability. — Edsger W. Dijkstra

Regards, Sander

[Sander Rossel]

Actually most basics are pretty indispensable! Try becoming a good programmer (or anything) without mastering the basics :)

Visit my blog at Sander's bits - Writing the code you need. Or read my articles at my CodeProject profile.

Simplicity is prerequisite for reliability. — Edsger W. Dijkstra

Regards, Sander

[Mycroft Holmes]

Wat be this private thing you speak of? ;P

Never underestimate the power of human stupidity RAH

[Amarnath S]

;)

[JimmyRopes]

codejet wrote:

I'm not always proud of my methods (don't mean methods as in procedures) and design, most of the time I do whatever works. I get my code to work by any means necessary. I guess I am not a programmer/developer

FTFY :-D Contrary to how academics define programmer/developer in reality the code needs to work. Sometimes you will be forced to produce under circumstances that are out of your control. The results may not be pretty but if it works is all that can be expected, not some textbook solution that you do not have the means to produce in the current situation.

Once you lose your pride the rest is easy. In the end, only three things matter: how much you loved, how gently you lived, and how gracefully you let go of things not meant for you. – Buddha Simply Elegant Designs JimmyRopes Designs

[Brady Kelly]

Sander Rossel wrote:

f you just love those curly braces and semi-colons...

A simple } looks lot better that bloody End IF, End For, End Select, and End Using all over the bloody place.

No object is so beautiful that, under certain conditions, it will not look ugly. - Oscar Wilde

[Sander Rossel]

But at least you know what you're ending! :) And really, is all that hatred towards VB because of some End If instead of }?

Visit my blog at Sander's bits - Writing the code you need. Or read my articles at my CodeProject profile.

Simplicity is prerequisite for reliability. — Edsger W. Dijkstra

Regards, Sander

[Lost User]

Writing a code that works pretty well is not enough for a programmer. Actually, your ability to write a working code is not relevant in this context. First, learn OOP and take design patterns course. Apply this knowledge in your new programs. If you are working with classes, make them all singletons. If you are working with WPF, don't write code-behind. In C/C++ mark all variables as register (every real programmer knows that register variables are faster), and make all functions inline. Finally, you can find that your skills match your official position. You code will not work pretty well at this stage, but let's leave these details for code writers.

[Nicholas Marty]

Case sensivity... It's just a horrible mess in VB..

public class Demo {
public string Name { get; set; }
public Demo (string name) {
Name = name;
}
}

Public Class Demo
Public Property Name As String
Public Sub New(name As String)
Name = name
End Sub
End Class

Guess what? C# assigns the property in the constructor, whereas VB.Net doesn't... :)

[Brady Kelly]

Sander Rossel wrote:

But at least you know what you're ending

I should only need to know that I'm ending a code block.

And really, is all that hatred towards VB because of some End If instead of }?

It's so much more than that. :laugh:

No object is so beautiful that, under certain conditions, it will not look ugly. - Oscar Wilde

[W Balboos GHB]

Sander Rossel wrote:

Try becoming a good programmer (or anything) without mastering the basics

Perhaps you're not familiar with the concept of "Management" ? ? ? And, at the risk of being redundantly redundant:   What about those people about whom it is said "He's good for nothing".

"The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein

"As far as we know, our computer has never had an undetected error." - Weisert

"If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you are seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010

[kalberts]

The first law of optimization: Don't do it The second law of optimization: If you HAVE to do it, don't do it yet! The only real optimization you can do is to replace your algorithm or data structures (or both). That means you go back to square one (not necessarily for the entire system, but for that part you try to optimize), and the two laws above still applies.

[Eric Whitmore]

While doing linq in VB.NET is possible it is implemented much better in C#.

Eric

[Sander Rossel]

Eric Whitmore wrote:

linq in VB.NET is possible

It's as possible as in C#![^] I don't see how that's better or worse than C#... :confused:

Visit my blog at Sander's bits - Writing the code you need. Or read my articles at my CodeProject profile.

Simplicity is prerequisite for reliability. — Edsger W. Dijkstra

Regards, Sander

[Freak30]

W∴ Balboos wrote:

And, at the risk of being redundantly redundant:   What about those people about whom it is said "He's good for nothing".

No one is good for nothing. He can always be used as a bad example. :-D

The good thing about pessimism is, that you are always either right or pleasently surprised.

[greldak]

Used properly it allows you to code try catch blocks : : : on error resume next perform_some_action_which_may_generate_an_error on error goto 0 test_and_act_upon_err_object : : : unfortunately most people forget to do the testing part.