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Well, yeah, got to have all the bases covered.  
Just because the code works, it doesn't mean that it is good code.
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That makes me want to get back to star gazing...
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I don't know about you but i see a baby dragon in the picture.
The picture is great. Thank you, i am going off with the greatest last viewed post Until Monday(  )
Microsoft ... the only place where VARIANT_TRUE != true
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Some days you are the Roadrunner some days you are the Coyote, I have had a very awkward 'thing' this week as well as moving/not moving/production delivery to make (finding the tools for it). The thing was to improve/debug a test rig written in an unpopular language (look at my previous posts in the lounge to figure out what) which I am being forced to use. I asked a question which reflection could have been better worded and got a reply from Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov of basically rtfm which was not a bad idea, As I managed to hide for a day and a bit and get the darn thing working...no info, badly written & useless commented code. Never mind I get to play with the next instrument next week...
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glennPattonWork wrote: no info, badly written & useless commented code
Unfortunately, that is not a language issue, it is a developer issue.
I have seen all of these in multiple languages: FORTran, C, BASIC (whatever variation).
In FORTran, it was the use of a language feature (multiple return), but no explanation as to what is was doing. Since this was before online documentation and printed manuals were scarce, I asked the developer about it. His response, repeatedly, "It's a multiple return." Finally, I said, "That's like saying a car is a car, but if I don't know what a car is, that doesn't help." His next reponse, "I'll rewrite it." Now, there was nothing wrong with the code, just with the lack of documentation or explanation.
Tim
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Mmm, the Elephant-er who wrote this was not a programmer (I mean Matrix animations, swirling patterns on the form & best yet fart sounds when something went wrong & Star Trek transporter sounds when something went right  ) The comments were there they were just wrong such as the Gem 'This timer ensures the right response in a button click with no timers in! the instructions were to "just make it work", my response was 'how?, voodoo?'  , 'oh, is that bad', 'no its worse than that'
Quote: Unfortunately, that is not a language issue, it is a developer issue.
I have seen all of these in multiple languages: FORTran, C, BASIC (whatever variation).
Ahh yes, but some languages make it easier to write cr@p and compile C will let you create a mess but you have to create it your self and know how you did, other languages will let you write a mess compile it every freekin time!
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In regards to FORTRAN multiple return, do you mean "alternate return" by chance. These were were used as way to deal with errors. There is plenty of documentation available online if search for: "FORTRAN alternate return".
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For multiple return, this was back in 1987; as I said, online documentation was not available.
A multiple return from a subroutine provided, as the name implies, multiple resume points when the subroutine ended.
For example, BLAH(InVar, 10, 20, 30).
Within BLAH, there was a RETURN 1, RETURN 2, RETURN 3.
RETURN 1 would resume at label 10, RETURN 2 at label 20, RETURN 3 at label 30.
If the naming has changed in the last 27 years, then it may be an alternate return, but, I'm not using FORTran now and the example given was an example of a user, not meant to be language specific.
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That Valentines Day and Venereal Disease have the same initials.
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Obscurum per obscurius.
Ad astra per alas porci.
Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur .
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....Veterans Day?
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Is that when old soldiers catch the clap and love it?
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Obscurum per obscurius.
Ad astra per alas porci.
Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur .
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Actually, it is coincidental.
The name Valentine comes from the Latin word valens, the present participle of the verb valere. As a name, it means "one who is strong and healthy."
Venerial comes from veneri, the dative form of Venus; with the suffix -al, the word would translate as "pertaining to the qualities of the goddess Venus."
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Buzz kill.
| "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 |
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That's why I'm so much fun at parties 
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it's also no coincidence that icicles also go drip drip
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Bought a box of mouse poison but had not used all the trays. Mouse got into the box and eat the poison. 
Guess I should have put more out.
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If you have mouse infestation the safest way to deal with it is by getting a cat
The bonuses are :
-loving companion just don't pet him on his tummy for long
-The environment doesn't suffer
-the mice will sense the danger after some time and go to your neighbors if they don't have a cat
-for some time you don't need to worry if your cat is fed, but is good if you provide her with additional food.
-in the cold winder nights your feet will be worm
Microsoft ... the only place where VARIANT_TRUE != true
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Argonia wrote: loving companion just don't pet him on his tummy for long
... and the value of sleep is overestimated, anyways.
Clean-up crew needed, grammar spill... - Nagy Vilmos
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Haha. The cat we had was rumbling the shutters if he couldn't wake us up with his meows. 
We learned to keep them out of his range then 
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Argonia wrote: -loving companion just don't pet him on his tummy for long
-The environment
doesn't suffer
-the mice will sense the danger after some time and go to
your neighbors if they don't have a cat
-for some time you don't need to
worry if your cat is fed, but is good if you provide her with additional
food.
-in the cold winder nights your feet will be worm
i couldn't resist.... i don't like cats 
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You would think a cat would solve the problem, wouldn't you?
A few years ago, my parents had a rat problem. They also had upwards of 2 dozen cats. The funny thing is that the cats would always act as if they are starving*, yet only a few of them would try to catch some rats.
* They didn't. The greedy bastards just liked stealing food from each other.
What is this talk of release? I do not release software. My software escapes leaving a bloody trail of designers and quality assurance people in its wake.
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There's a small and subtle difference between mice and rats. I've seen rats that would easily eat a large dog - no way that a cat (with working survival instinct) will hunt such a thing.
Bastard Programmer from Hell 
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