William Hindman
wdhindman at dejpolsystems.com
Tue Mar 16 08:39:47 CDT 2010
...dear god, its been soooooooooooooooooooooooo looooooooooooooooooooong since the last list rumble :) William -------------------------------------------------- From: "Max Wanadoo" <max.wanadoo at gmail.com> Sent: Tuesday, March 16, 2010 9:12 AM To: "Discussion concerning Visual Basic and related programming issues." <dba-vb at databaseadvisors.com> Subject: Re: [dba-VB] Recent Discussion from MS on VB.Net and C# in VS 2010 > ROTL > > Won't make any difference. You are simply wrong! > > Live with it. > > Max > > > > On 16 March 2010 13:01, jwcolby <jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com> wrote: > >> LOL, max your arguments are specious. >> >> Begin >> VBA DOES USE THEM >> End >> >> >> John W. Colby >> www.ColbyConsulting.com <http://www.colbyconsulting.com/> >> >> >> Max Wanadoo wrote: >> >> (X + Y) * (z^2-3) >> > because mathematical expression have nothing to do with >> > coding....apples >> and >> > oranges. >> > >> > the brackets are necessary to ensure mathematically correct >> > calculations >> but >> > if curly brackets were neecessary for code they would be present in >> > every >> > code language - but they are not. Why? because they are there for YOU >> and >> > for no other reason. They are NOT necessary and we all know that VBA >> > doesn't use them, neither do tons of other languages. >> > >> > When the compilers say back to contemplate writing a new compiler they >> > clearly said "What can we do to make our C# language stand out and >> pretend >> > it is a cut above everybody elses's language? I know, lets stick some >> curly >> > brackets in there - that will take up at least half a page of white >> > space >> > and contribute nothing, but hey? It will confuse the life out of Joe >> Public >> > and we can make pretend that we are really intelligent" >> > >> > >> > If that is your comfort zone then so be it. Just ask yourself this. >> When I >> > sit down and "learn" a new language, what am I actually learning? Is >> > it >> how >> > to code? No, I can do that. Is it how to structure algorithms? No, I >> can >> > do that. Is it to learn how to structure data? No, I can do that. >> > What >> is >> > it then? Does it compile down to something extra stupendous? Nay, it >> > is >> > just about another way of doing the same thing. If the langues doesn't >> > bring any REAL advantage then why bother? Some languages are archaic >> > and >> > cumbersom, some are slick and neat and some compile to executables and >> some >> > compile to p-code. But if there is no real advantage of one over the >> other, >> > why bother and why waste your time, but most of all WHY PRETEND. >> > >> > Max >> > _______________________________________________ >> > dba-VB mailing list >> > dba-VB at databaseadvisors.com >> > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-vb >> > http://www.databaseadvisors.com >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ >> dba-VB mailing list >> dba-VB at databaseadvisors.com >> http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-vb >> http://www.databaseadvisors.com >> >> > _______________________________________________ > dba-VB mailing list > dba-VB at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-vb > http://www.databaseadvisors.com > >