Which code you suggest?
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At the risk of further baiting the troll, man you take this stuff WAY to seriously. "Garbage"? "Harebrained adherence"? "Not being familiar with the state of the art"? "But if you're writing crufty imperative code"? Dude, you need to get out more, seek some kind of relaxation therapy because you are headed for a coronary if you don't find an outlet for your anger. Did I insult you? Maybe with the "joy to work with" comment, but really, your first statement was "I would never hire anyone . . ." Someone asked a question that related to opinion. I responded with my opinion, which is just as valid as every other opinion that has been posted in response to the original question. Heaven forbid I assume anything about you but, how much maintenance programming have you done in your career. Real maintenance programming of a system you didn't start but was hired on well after version 1 or even 2 had shipped? In that world, you play with the hand you are dealt, and on more occasions than I care to remember I have had to deal with code that had NOT been tested before being sent to QA because the programmer just threw in multiple return statements because they ASSUMED they knew how the user would interact with the system. Code goes to the field and the user does something different than what the programmer thought the user would do and BOOM goes the code. The else condition was never tested because the programmer only tested with "good" entries. It is a mistake we ALL make. We make this mistake because we write the code and know what it SHOULD do and get locked into the mindset that "the user will only try to enter the correct information like I have been testing because that what makes the code work and produce the result the users want." Negative testing and single exits can simplify the maintenance of the code long after the original developer has moved on. You don't have the luxury of rewriting every module you come across to meet your coding standard, you have time to fix the bug and move on to the next one, after of course you thoroughly test your changes and make sure the changes you made didn't break something else. That something else might not even be in the file you are modifying. So in conclusion, jibalt, you will find over time that life is too short to worry about this stuff and code is just code. Write it so others can see what is going on because in 6 months from now you will have a hard time remembering why you did what you did when you look back at something you thought was so el
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Man, talk about heading for a coronary ... I wonder how high your blood pressure went while you were writing all that. "life is too short" indeed, you pathetic hypocrite.
I debated last night when I saw your comment. Should I respond to this person who waited 5 months to flame me over a lengthy post about life being too short? Then my curiosity got the better of me and I decided I had to find out why. So, why, jibalt, why did it take you 5 months to respond to my post? Why after 5 months were you compelled to once again call me a pathetic hypocrite? Every post you have made towards me in this thread has been filled with venom and vitriol. What is it about me that brings out that much anger from you? 5 months. Sounds about right for a jail sentence. Is that where you've been? I can see you having road rage or being in a bar fight or beating up your significant other. Oh, my blood pressure was quite normal when I wrote that last post. Because you see, I enjoy poking the troll.
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I debated last night when I saw your comment. Should I respond to this person who waited 5 months to flame me over a lengthy post about life being too short? Then my curiosity got the better of me and I decided I had to find out why. So, why, jibalt, why did it take you 5 months to respond to my post? Why after 5 months were you compelled to once again call me a pathetic hypocrite? Every post you have made towards me in this thread has been filled with venom and vitriol. What is it about me that brings out that much anger from you? 5 months. Sounds about right for a jail sentence. Is that where you've been? I can see you having road rage or being in a bar fight or beating up your significant other. Oh, my blood pressure was quite normal when I wrote that last post. Because you see, I enjoy poking the troll.