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No idea if it's worse but:
I'm trying to wrap my head around mountains of spaghetti code written by a ex-colleague in order to try and fix the mountain off bugs in it, and all of that after getting only 1 hour of sleep last night (for some reason I just couldn't sleep).
(Been trying to get my boss to agree to a full rewrite but no success as of yet)
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I guess he/she left no comments and no readable code, right?
We're in the same boat, more or less 
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I wish there where comments.
To give you a idea at how bad this is (you can compare to your own situation then )
- A method to calculate all the days between 2 given dates that would run for 3 hours without actually doing something (hint year switch mend the loop went on until an integer overflow happened,
not sure how to explain it in English correctly but you probably get the idea)
- A class that inherits from another class that inherits from another class that... (about 5 or 6 layers deep).
- A helper class that has only 2 or 3 methods in it but is 5000+ lines code.
- A function called Convert... that actually updates the database (take a guess at how long it took me to find that bug)
- Update = delete + insert (without transactions) (got most of that out of it (I hope))
- A function called Add... that actually doesn't do adds (well not only adds, also updates (see previous) and deletes)
And then I'm not even touching the fact that EF was used in totally wrong way resulting in massive memory usage (8gig+ to get only 50 records) (got most of that out of it as well I think)
So yeah it's been a long 8months cleaning this mess of a code up and the mess it made in the db's. (and still a long way to go I'm afraid)
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...I guess I've never seen an integer overflow really happening...
really sounds like 8 months in hell!!
Good luck
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Dycz wrote: ..I guess I've never seen an integer overflow really happening...
Neither did I until that day.
Dycz wrote: really sounds like 8 months in hell!!
Yep, and still a few more to go, but at least I got it semi-stable and semi-usable (a year after it's initial release)
Dycz wrote: Good luck
Thanks, same to you 
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Looking at HC6811 assembler written in the mid 90's. Actually it's kinda fun, I must be coming down with something.
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Dycz wrote: I've just started my week editing rewriting code written by an intern back in 2006...
FTFY 
/ravi
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yes, it's exactly what I'm doing now... turning winforms into wpf and XMLs into sqlite database records 
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"Split a horny model to change one's aspect."(11)
Best of luck.
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Obscurum per obscurius.
Ad astra per alas porci.
Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur .
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Is it One Night in Paris?
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Rhinoplasty - anag of split a horny
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Movie Quote Of The Day
Find me that piece of paper I had in my hand yesterday morning.
Which movie?
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Finding Memo.
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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Hilarious
Hmm i wonder why its doing that......ARGHS NO STOP, ROLLBACK ROLLBACK...F*** That's how i learned to "Always Backup"!!
Dogs are man's best Friend,
Cats are man's adorable little serial killer
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LoL 
Don't mind those people who say you're not HOT. At least you know you're COOL.
I'm not afraid of falling, I'm afraid of the sudden stop at the end of the fall! - Richard Andrew x64
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The life of a Team Manager ?
Microsoft ... the only place where VARIANT_TRUE != true
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Looking for Bob
I'm not questioning your powers of observation; I'm merely remarking upon the paradox of asking a masked man who he is. (V)
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Senile Ladies wearing Gucci?
Hmm i wonder why its doing that......ARGHS NO STOP, ROLLBACK ROLLBACK...F*** That's how i learned to "Always Backup"!!
Dogs are man's best Friend,
Cats are man's adorable little serial killer
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Actually, I think that would be an impossible request. Hopefully, he would have flushed after use? 
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
Anonymous
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
Winston Churchill, 1944
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I'd just like a chance to prove that money can't make me happy.
Me, all the time
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Well as soon as you find that paper I will tell you 
(Hint: yesterday was Sunday) 
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I keep getting "drop it, leave it alone" suggestions more and more often. But I... just... can't... stop... coding! And modeling... and texturing... 
I want to be.. forever young!..
Do you have stuff like that too?
in another thousand years we'll be machines or gods█
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I have a pet project of my own, and I would guess we're not alone. But so far it's only year and something. I've found out these projects help me to stay on the edge of new technologies (Azure, smartphones, etc.) and also they are kind of a therapy. If it's still entertaining for you than there's obvious YES answer for you. I would also ask: Do you feel progress? Is finish in sight or still elusive as it always was?
regards,
Kate
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Depends really, on what the project is.
If you are trying to write "Hello World!" in FORTRAN and it's taken you fifteen years and no end in sight, then I'd have to suggest that a surrender to the arms of reality might be a good idea.
But if it's the whole of Quake III Arena written from scratch in ARM assembler for Android Tablets, then I'd have to say "Keep going!" and "Work harder!"
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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LOL, it's actually the whole Unreal Tournament opensourced on a different platform (thanks, but if I work even harder, I might break )
in another thousand years we'll be machines or gods█
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