[AccessD] A2003:Replacing 'tokens' in a string

Max Wanadoo max.wanadoo at gmail.com
Thu Jan 28 08:58:00 CST 2010


> Lets and gets are optional.  In fact (IIRC) Drew insists that he NEVER uses them.

aha!  not REAL Classes then - LOL

Anyway, I think we wil lleave it there. thanks
Max


On 28/01/2010, jwcolby <jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com> wrote:
>  > still obfuscation however.
>
> A quick Google provides:
>
> Obfuscation is the concealment of intended meaning in communication, making
> communication confusing,
> intentionally ambiguous, and more difficult to interpret.
>
> Obfuscation requires intent.
>
> I have to assume that your intended meaning was Abstruse.
>
> Abstruse: difficult to penetrate; incomprehensible to one of ordinary
> understanding or knowledge.
>
> The problem with defining Classes as Abstruse is that term "one of ordinary
> understanding or
> knowledge".  If you are going to use that term about classes, then it
> implies knowing classes is not
> ordinary.
>
> I make the assumption that no one on this list is ordinary.  That only
> leaves their understanding.
>
> Classes are quite ordinary to me, and are quite ordinary to many others on
> this list.  I have long
> maintained that they SHOULD BE ordinary to almost everyone on this list, and
> if not you should work
> on that to make them ordinary.
>
> Most of us are professionals Max.  Having one of the most powerful tools in
> the toolbox be Abstruse
> is not a good place to be.
>
>  > All those LETS and GETS just to parse a string.
>
> Lets and gets are optional.  In fact (IIRC) Drew insists that he NEVER uses
> them.
>
> John W. Colby
> www.ColbyConsulting.com
>
>
> Max Wanadoo wrote:
>> still obfuscation however.
>>
>> All those LETS and GETS just to parse a string.
>>
>> max
>
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