It finally happened...
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I've inherited a Visual Basic project. :sigh: Last time I saw VB was back in the early 90s. It took me a few minutes poking around before I figured out how to find the dang source code. :doh:
Charlie Gilley <italic>Stuck in a dysfunctional matrix from which I must escape... "Where liberty dwells, there is my country." B. Franklin, 1783 “They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
It will happen sooner or later to me too. I worked on that shite until 8 months ago.
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Figured I'd post about it and at least gain some humor in the situation :)
Charlie Gilley <italic>Stuck in a dysfunctional matrix from which I must escape... "Where liberty dwells, there is my country." B. Franklin, 1783 “They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
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I've inherited a Visual Basic project. :sigh: Last time I saw VB was back in the early 90s. It took me a few minutes poking around before I figured out how to find the dang source code. :doh:
Charlie Gilley <italic>Stuck in a dysfunctional matrix from which I must escape... "Where liberty dwells, there is my country." B. Franklin, 1783 “They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
charlieg wrote:
I've inherited a Visual Basic project. :sigh: Last time I saw VB was back in the early 90s.
VB.NET, or VB6? The first is easy to translate to C#, can even be done by a machine. If it is VB6, it should simply be burned, without any questions.
Bastard Programmer from Hell :suss: If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^] "If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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I've inherited a Visual Basic project. :sigh: Last time I saw VB was back in the early 90s. It took me a few minutes poking around before I figured out how to find the dang source code. :doh:
Charlie Gilley <italic>Stuck in a dysfunctional matrix from which I must escape... "Where liberty dwells, there is my country." B. Franklin, 1783 “They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
I remember my first VB project. Until that point I hadn't even looked at VB, in school I went from Pascal to C++, then Java, and stuck with C based languages. Politely pointed out that I might not be the best choice from the pool of developers as I did not have VB on my resume, didn't know VB, had never worked in it, and didn't understand it. My PHB replied that since I knew C# and Java so VB should be easy by comparison. He then went on to assign a project deadline based on his reading of chicken bones. :sigh:
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I remember my first VB project. Until that point I hadn't even looked at VB, in school I went from Pascal to C++, then Java, and stuck with C based languages. Politely pointed out that I might not be the best choice from the pool of developers as I did not have VB on my resume, didn't know VB, had never worked in it, and didn't understand it. My PHB replied that since I knew C# and Java so VB should be easy by comparison. He then went on to assign a project deadline based on his reading of chicken bones. :sigh:
RJOberg wrote:
VB should be easy by comparison
Well, yes, surely it's easier to forget how to code than it is to learn how to! :laugh: PHB's can be so much smarter than they seem (admittedly that's still not remotely smart in the conventional sense of the word).
Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect. - Mark Twain
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I've inherited a Visual Basic project. :sigh: Last time I saw VB was back in the early 90s. It took me a few minutes poking around before I figured out how to find the dang source code. :doh:
Charlie Gilley <italic>Stuck in a dysfunctional matrix from which I must escape... "Where liberty dwells, there is my country." B. Franklin, 1783 “They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
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I've inherited a Visual Basic project. :sigh: Last time I saw VB was back in the early 90s. It took me a few minutes poking around before I figured out how to find the dang source code. :doh:
Charlie Gilley <italic>Stuck in a dysfunctional matrix from which I must escape... "Where liberty dwells, there is my country." B. Franklin, 1783 “They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
Congratulations, it's really a lovely language, in case you get all enthousiastic here are some alternatives that might interest you: https://www.slant.co/topics/9807/~basic-like-programming-languages[^] :-\
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I've inherited a Visual Basic project. :sigh: Last time I saw VB was back in the early 90s. It took me a few minutes poking around before I figured out how to find the dang source code. :doh:
Charlie Gilley <italic>Stuck in a dysfunctional matrix from which I must escape... "Where liberty dwells, there is my country." B. Franklin, 1783 “They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
charlieg wrote:
I figured out how to find the dang source code.
Beware of the leopard.
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Congratulations, it's really a lovely language, in case you get all enthousiastic here are some alternatives that might interest you: https://www.slant.co/topics/9807/~basic-like-programming-languages[^] :-\
RickZeeland wrote:
Congratulations, it's really a lovely language
So is brainfuck, but I would not want a project in that language.
Bastard Programmer from Hell :suss: If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^] "If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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Have you started the rewrite yet?
"They have a consciousness, they have a life, they have a soul! Damn you! Let the rabbits wear glasses! Save our brothers! Can I get an amen?"
hehe, no time and no permission.
Charlie Gilley <italic>Stuck in a dysfunctional matrix from which I must escape... "Where liberty dwells, there is my country." B. Franklin, 1783 “They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
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charlieg wrote:
I've inherited a Visual Basic project. :sigh: Last time I saw VB was back in the early 90s.
VB.NET, or VB6? The first is easy to translate to C#, can even be done by a machine. If it is VB6, it should simply be burned, without any questions.
Bastard Programmer from Hell :suss: If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^] "If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
Looks like VB6.
Charlie Gilley <italic>Stuck in a dysfunctional matrix from which I must escape... "Where liberty dwells, there is my country." B. Franklin, 1783 “They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
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Looks like VB6.
Charlie Gilley <italic>Stuck in a dysfunctional matrix from which I must escape... "Where liberty dwells, there is my country." B. Franklin, 1783 “They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
charlieg wrote:
Looks like VB6.
Then it was written by a "VB6 professional". Run. Run like hell. I'm not joking either. This is my professional advice, don't get burned by that crap. Run while you have the chance. Or ask for at least a thousand dollar more each month. If you accept a VB6-project, you really deserve it.
Bastard Programmer from Hell :suss: If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^] "If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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I've inherited a Visual Basic project. :sigh: Last time I saw VB was back in the early 90s. It took me a few minutes poking around before I figured out how to find the dang source code. :doh:
Charlie Gilley <italic>Stuck in a dysfunctional matrix from which I must escape... "Where liberty dwells, there is my country." B. Franklin, 1783 “They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
charlieg wrote:
It took me a few minutes poking around before I figured out how to find the dang source code.
Jeeze! If you can't even handle VB, it's time to practice your burger-flipping techniques.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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charlieg wrote:
It took me a few minutes poking around before I figured out how to find the dang source code.
Jeeze! If you can't even handle VB, it's time to practice your burger-flipping techniques.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
If you can handle VB6, you can handle anything. Those who can, do. Those who cannot, teach. Your burgerflippers are the part that fail even at teaching.
Bastard Programmer from Hell :suss: If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^] "If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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Now, now! Not all VB code is written by three year olds. VB's just designed so that it looks like it is.
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OriginalGriff wrote:
Not all VB code is written by three year olds
Indeed. I've seen children as old as 7 continue playing with VB, like they're an infant! I told the kid to grow up and use F# or something.
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charlieg wrote:
Looks like VB6.
Then it was written by a "VB6 professional". Run. Run like hell. I'm not joking either. This is my professional advice, don't get burned by that crap. Run while you have the chance. Or ask for at least a thousand dollar more each month. If you accept a VB6-project, you really deserve it.
Bastard Programmer from Hell :suss: If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^] "If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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Don't worry, you'll forget about those silly curly braces and semi-colons eventually. :laugh:
"Go forth into the source" - Neal Morse
Yes. Yes he will. Sometimes I write
If something Then ...
in C++. Or Next at the end of for loops. IT lives. IT wants to be fed. IT won't let you go.
GCS d--(d+) s-/++ a C++++ U+++ P- L+@ E-- W++ N+ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t+ 5? X R+++ tv-- b+(+++) DI+++ D++ G e++ h--- r+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
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If you can handle VB6, you can handle anything. Those who can, do. Those who cannot, teach. Your burgerflippers are the part that fail even at teaching.
Bastard Programmer from Hell :suss: If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^] "If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
Eddy Vluggen wrote:
If you can handle VB6, you can handle anything.
Ain't that the truth.
GCS d--(d+) s-/++ a C++++ U+++ P- L+@ E-- W++ N+ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t+ 5? X R+++ tv-- b+(+++) DI+++ D++ G e++ h--- r+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
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hehe, no time and no permission.
Charlie Gilley <italic>Stuck in a dysfunctional matrix from which I must escape... "Where liberty dwells, there is my country." B. Franklin, 1783 “They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
Ahhh, the 'no money for the rewrite' took me weeks, ended up doing a C# version at the weekend for my own benefit. The people in charge needed to use it, so I gave them my C# version while I was working on the VB version, the exe ran faster and was smaller I was asked why I still converting the VB... :wtf:
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charlieg wrote:
Looks like VB6.
Then it was written by a "VB6 professional". Run. Run like hell. I'm not joking either. This is my professional advice, don't get burned by that crap. Run while you have the chance. Or ask for at least a thousand dollar more each month. If you accept a VB6-project, you really deserve it.
Bastard Programmer from Hell :suss: If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^] "If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
Tell me how you really feel... :laugh: Yeah, I don't have much choice in the matter. Thankfully, it's a relatively simple application.
Charlie Gilley <italic>Stuck in a dysfunctional matrix from which I must escape... "Where liberty dwells, there is my country." B. Franklin, 1783 “They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
