Peter Hirons
peter at galley.ie
Mon Jul 1 11:34:19 CDT 2013
I always called it Perverse Polish ! Yes, I still have an HP41 somewhere. --- Peter On 2013-07-01 17:02, John W Colby wrote: > ROTFL. > > That would be RPN if I am not mistaken. > > And no I am not Polish either. > > I actually learned RPN using an HP calculator back in the late 80s. > Ohhhh what a PITA that was. > > John W. Colby > > Reality is what refuses to go away > when you do not believe in it > > On 7/1/2013 11:59 AM, Steve Goodhall wrote: >> You don't have to be Hungarian, just backwards (as distinct from >> "backward.") >> >> Steve Goodhall >> >> -----Original message----- >> From: John W Colby <jwcolby at gmail.com> >> To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving >> <accessd at databaseadvisors.com> >> Sent: Mon, Jul 1, 2013 15:53:58 GMT+00:00 >> Subject: Re: [AccessD] VBA Field Names - Curiosity Question >> >> But wait, I am not hungarian! >> >> John W. Colby >> >> Reality is what refuses to go away >> when you do not believe in it >> >> On 7/1/2013 11:44 AM, Tina Norris Fields wrote: >>> Hello Brad, >>> >>> I use Colby's naming convention and I NEVER prefix my field names >>> with a >> data-type designation. >>> >>> Best, >>> TNF >>> >>> Tina Norris Fields >>> tinanfields-at-torchlake-dot-com >>> 231-322-2787 >>> >>> On 7/1/2013 11:01 AM, Brad Marks wrote: >>>> All, >>>> >>>> In a prior life, I was sentenced to work with COBOL for over 30 >>>> years. >>>> For the past three years, I spend my time in the world of VBA. >>>> >>>> Since starting to work with VBA, I have been curious about >>>> something, >>>> but have never asked about it. >>>> >>>> In the COBOL realm (at least where I worked), we did not indicate >>>> the >>>> field type in the field name. >>>> >>>> Examples - >>>> 01 Part-Number PICTURE X(30). >>>> 01 Part-Cost Comp-3 PICTURE 9(05). >>>> >>>> >>>> In VBA examples, I see most people using prefixes such as Str, Lng, >>>> Dat, >>>> Etc. >>>> >>>> I have never quite understood why people do this when working with >>>> VBA >>>> while I believe that very few people did this in the COBOL realm. >>>> >>>> In COBOL we would simply look at the Picture clause in the field >>>> name >>>> definition. This would be the equivalent of looking at the DIM >>>> statement. >>>> >>>> Again, this is just a curiosity question. >>>> >>>> Thanks, >>>> Brad >>>> >>> >>