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31-May-18 4:56

Would you call an Italian hooker a pasta-tute?

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lopatir31-May-18 5:00

lopatir

31-May-18 5:00

gonna open a whole cannelloni of worms with innuendo like that

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OriginalGriff31-May-18 5:07

31-May-18 5:07

Hur! Hur! Hur! He said "in your end-o"!

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Johnny J.31-May-18 5:23

Johnny J.

31-May-18 5:23

Only if she gave me an offer I couldn't refuse... Roll eyes | :rolleyes:

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Richard Deeming31-May-18 5:31

Richard Deeming

31-May-18 5:31

Only because I'm not entirely sure how to pronounce his surname[^]. Smile | :)

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jeron131-May-18 6:05

jeron1

31-May-18 6:05

Of course you would, fusilli guy.

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Eric Lynch31-May-18 7:26

Eric Lynch

31-May-18 7:26

puttanesca anyone? Smile | :)

Mike Hankey31-May-18 7:26

Mike Hankey

31-May-18 7:26

With a little broth'll be nice

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W∴ Balboos, GHB31-May-18 7:31

W∴ Balboos, GHB

31-May-18 7:31

If she Lasagna for a fee, then I'd say so. Sounds like a pretty ziti profession, orzo one would think.

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My problem with open source stuff...

kmoorevs31-May-18 7:43

kmoorevs

31-May-18 7:43

Would you call an easy Mexican chick a frijol? Laugh | :laugh:

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OriginalGriff31-May-18 4:43

31-May-18 4:43

...is the documentation.
Yes, I know it's boring.
Yes, I know there are more interesting things to do.

But if when you make a change to how something is done (i.e. remove it from the menu and tool bars and put it in the document body) you'd just give us all a elephanting clue how to use the damn thing? I knew where it was when it was "Edit...Fill...Range" - but now "Edit" doesn't have a "Fill" submenu at all, and neither does any other menu. Sigh | :sigh:

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raddevus31-May-18 4:56

raddevus

31-May-18 4:56

OriginalGriff wrote:
...is the documentation.

Agree 100%.

I'm working through Akka.Net, attempting to implement and I have read tons of stuff just to get to basics.
And this one is _probably_ documented much better than 90% of open source projects.
However, once you start digging in and you need a specific answer you are going to suffer.
I was working with Scheduler and it wasn't working. I started reading the docs (Scheduler | Akka.NET Documentation[^]).
But when I got down to this section
https://getakka.net/articles/utilities/scheduler.html#from-inside-the-actor^ then there was only one line and it made it look like I had to call the specific method from inside the actor (that's where my code was). However, that isn't true. There are other methods I can call too.

Also:
1. the web site search does not work Hmmm | :|

2. as usual samples are too contrived to help
3. things are just left undone / basically not documented
4. There's not overall story about how the functionality will really be used. Certain things are not explained very well and it creates confusion.
5. Also, when I google I often get to the Scala (and/or Java) version of Akka and things are different.

And, as I said, this one is documented really well. Sigh | :sigh:

EDIT
Wow, after I wrote the stuff above I was working on the akka stuff and trying the Become() and Unbecome() functionality.
I read the following:
Building Finite State Machines With Actors: Switchable Behavior | Petabridge[^]

It has samples which show the call to Become() and Unbecome. They have exact examples.

So I go back and I write the code that does Become().
Then I try the Unbecome() and it is no longer available.

YOu can see it in the snapshot of my intellisense: https://i.stack.imgur.com/moBuD.png

Hahaha, so there it is right there.
Detailed examples they show for functionality that no longer exists.
It's fine and I know I can use UnbecomeStacked() it's just crazy. Hmmm | :|

I know that no one updates documentation. I understand the dev world. Roll eyes | :rolleyes:

modified 31-May-18 11:32am.

Pete O'Hanlon31-May-18 5:59

Pete O'Hanlon

31-May-18 5:59

I'm pretty sure that Sacha Barber has written some stuff on Akka.NET here on Code Project. Yup, just looked. Here you go[^].

This space for rent

raddevus31-May-18 7:15

raddevus

31-May-18 7:15

Please do not offer solutions when I am ranting. Laugh | :laugh:

I'm trying to keep the dialogue at fever pitch.

dandy7231-May-18 9:15

dandy72

31-May-18 9:15

You found something open source...with documentation?

Oh, wait. It's out of date. Carry on, all is well with the world.

Upgrading iSeries RPG skills

kalberts1-Jun-18 9:00

kalberts

1-Jun-18 9:00

In one project, we rejected one open source package, which really looked promising, but we would have to make a number of modifications to it.

The code was well commented. In French. With variable and function names in French. None of the project members mastered French.

So we rejected it. The replacement was not very impressive, and probably less suited. I can't say for sure, since we knew the rejected package only from its marketing info and seveal positive reviews. But modifying code with a function that does "something", and lots of code remarks about "something", is not very viable.

Michael Breeden31-May-18 2:59

Michael Breeden

31-May-18 2:59

We have a number of developers using RPG on iSeries machines. Our company is going to the cloud and really wants to get rid of the iSeries ... and those developers. What should they be doing to prepare for a new job. My thought is they should be studying SQL (SQL Server or maybe Oracle) and NoSQL (maybe Mongo) so that they can leverage what they know to more current technology. They might want to get familiar with My SQL and PostGRE in the context of AWS. Are there any suggestions you could offer? Somehow I ended up on the group that is supposed to advise them.

Maximilien31-May-18 3:31

Maximilien

31-May-18 3:31

Curious, you want to get rid of developers and at the same time train them for another job (employer?) ?

I'd rather be phishing!

RugbyLeague31-May-18 4:10

RugbyLeague

31-May-18 4:10

Well, if they are spending all their time playing RPGs...

OriginalGriff31-May-18 4:44

31-May-18 4:44

No, no - he needs to be carefull. They are playing with Rocket Propelled Grenades. Unsure | :~

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RugbyLeague31-May-18 4:46

RugbyLeague

31-May-18 4:46

Don't all programmers do that?

OriginalGriff31-May-18 4:56

31-May-18 4:56

Nah, some prefer swords, or fireball spells, or an X-Wing.

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Re: Upgrading iSeries RPG skills - I'm not management

lopatir31-May-18 4:57

lopatir

31-May-18 4:57

I thought he meant "Redmond Programming Guidelines," I guess he wants people that can do more than reinstall windows any time things stop working.

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Michael Breeden31-May-18 5:04

Michael Breeden

31-May-18 5:04

I was just trying to help. We are undergoing "Digital Transformation". I have no idea if my job is safe, I've been told not but my skills are more mainstream. I just accidentally volunteered to help out and one thing I thought might help was if those people could update their skills. I said what I thought they should do, but was looking for other suggestions.

OriginalGriff31-May-18 4:09