Re: [WebDNA] WebDNA glitch, no response required ...

This WebDNA talk-list message is from

2009


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 104229
interpreted = N
texte = Will Starck wrote: > Who knows is usually a pretty good answer ;) ;) ;) > > I have been programming for over 12 years now. I started with learning > WebDNA, I think with 2.6. Started on Macs/WebStar, then Apache, then BeOS, > which led to managing servers, learning Unix, Mac OS X Server (Starting with > 1.0, gaaaak!), Linux, Windows (Starting with 1.x or 2.x, believe it or not) > from 1995-Vista. I've managed XServes, home built Xeon Linux servers, > Fedora, Ubuntu, Linux Mint and more lately have developed in C#/.NET for an > open source project. And that's when pesky Oral Surgery doesn't get in the > way ;) ;) ;) > > If there's one thing I've learned over the years, it's this: Sometimes you > just don't know. > > For instance, I wrote a bunch of code in C# for that open source project. > The lead developer decided to switch to a plugin format, so I had to rework > all my code to work as a plugin. > > Suddenly, this > > int anesthetist = Convert.ToInt32(comboAnesthetist.SelectedItem.ToString()); > > > has to be converted to > > long anesthetist = Convert.ToInt64(comboAnesthetist.SelectedItem.ToString(); > > which of course bombs horribly in the debugger. Who knows why? Probably a > VS2008 bug, who the hell knows. So after 2 weeks of trying (I'm stubborn), I > finally have to give up and throw the whole mess in a try-catch > > try { > anesthetist = > Convert.ToInt64(comboAnesthetist.SelectItem.ToString()); > } > > catch > { >  anesthetist = ""; > } > > It bugs the hell outta me for a while, but I get over it and move on. I've > been using the code *I* wrote for well over a year and *I* still manage to > make it bomb, and that's after *I* thought *I* squished all the bugs a long > time ago. > > So that either makes me a crappy programmer (probably) or perhaps it's > something beyond my control (VS2008/.NET/who the hell knows what) or maybe > it's just the way the electrons flow through the wires. > > Computing has gotten vastly more complex than it was 12 years ago. Sometimes > it's gonna take awhile before enough people report the same error in the > same way before it becomes apparent why the logic is wrong. Sometimes you > never figure it out. > > Sorry for the long lecture, God knows you don't need it from the likes of me > ;) > > But sometimes you can't let it get to you - you just shrug your shoulders > and crack a Corona. Tomorrow's another day... > > Cheers (and Merry Christmas BTW) > > Will Merry Christmas Will! Donovan -- Donovan Brooke Euca Design Center [Practical-Ethical-Efficient] www.euca.us egg.bz artglass-forum.com Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Re: [WebDNA] WebDNA glitch, no response required ... (Kenneth Grome 2009)
  2. Re: [WebDNA] WebDNA glitch, no response required ... (Matthew Bohne 2009)
  3. Re: [WebDNA] WebDNA glitch, no response required ... (Kenneth Grome 2009)
  4. Re: [WebDNA] WebDNA glitch, no response required ... (Thierry Almy 2009)
  5. Re: [WebDNA] WebDNA glitch, no response required ... (Patrick McCormick 2009)
  6. Re: [WebDNA] WebDNA glitch, no response required ... (Kenneth Grome 2009)
  7. Re: [WebDNA] WebDNA glitch, no response required ... (Govinda 2009)
  8. Re: [WebDNA] WebDNA glitch, no response required ... (Donovan Brooke 2009)
  9. Re: [WebDNA] WebDNA glitch, no response required ... (Donovan Brooke 2009)
  10. Re: [WebDNA] WebDNA glitch, no response required ... (Donovan Brooke 2009)
  11. Re: [WebDNA] WebDNA glitch, no response required ... (Patrick McCormick 2009)
  12. Re: [WebDNA] WebDNA glitch, no response required ... (america1007@aol.com 2009)
  13. Re: [WebDNA] WebDNA glitch, no response required ... (america1007@aol.com 2009)
  14. RE: [WebDNA] WebDNA glitch, no response required ... ("Will Starck" 2009)
  15. Re: [WebDNA] WebDNA glitch, no response required ... (Kenneth Grome 2009)
  16. Re: [WebDNA] WebDNA glitch, no response required ... (Donovan Brooke 2009)
  17. Re: [WebDNA] WebDNA glitch, no response required ... (Kenneth Grome 2009)
  18. RE: [WebDNA] WebDNA glitch, no response required ... ("Terry Nair" 2009)
  19. Re: [WebDNA] WebDNA glitch, no response required ... (Kenneth Grome 2009)
  20. Re: [WebDNA] WebDNA glitch, no response required ... (Govinda 2009)
  21. [WebDNA] WebDNA glitch, no response required ... (Kenneth Grome 2009)
Will Starck wrote: > Who knows is usually a pretty good answer ;) ;) ;) > > I have been programming for over 12 years now. I started with learning > WebDNA, I think with 2.6. Started on Macs/WebStar, then Apache, then BeOS, > which led to managing servers, learning Unix, Mac OS X Server (Starting with > 1.0, gaaaak!), Linux, Windows (Starting with 1.x or 2.x, believe it or not) > from 1995-Vista. I've managed XServes, home built Xeon Linux servers, > Fedora, Ubuntu, Linux Mint and more lately have developed in C#/.NET for an > open source project. And that's when pesky Oral Surgery doesn't get in the > way ;) ;) ;) > > If there's one thing I've learned over the years, it's this: Sometimes you > just don't know. > > For instance, I wrote a bunch of code in C# for that open source project. > The lead developer decided to switch to a plugin format, so I had to rework > all my code to work as a plugin. > > Suddenly, this > > int anesthetist = Convert.ToInt32(comboAnesthetist.SelectedItem.ToString()); > > > has to be converted to > > long anesthetist = Convert.ToInt64(comboAnesthetist.SelectedItem.ToString(); > > which of course bombs horribly in the debugger. Who knows why? Probably a > VS2008 bug, who the hell knows. So after 2 weeks of trying (I'm stubborn), I > finally have to give up and throw the whole mess in a try-catch > > try { > anesthetist = > Convert.ToInt64(comboAnesthetist.SelectItem.ToString()); > } > > catch > { >  anesthetist = ""; > } > > It bugs the hell outta me for a while, but I get over it and move on. I've > been using the code *I* wrote for well over a year and *I* still manage to > make it bomb, and that's after *I* thought *I* squished all the bugs a long > time ago. > > So that either makes me a crappy programmer (probably) or perhaps it's > something beyond my control (VS2008/.NET/who the hell knows what) or maybe > it's just the way the electrons flow through the wires. > > Computing has gotten vastly more complex than it was 12 years ago. Sometimes > it's gonna take awhile before enough people report the same error in the > same way before it becomes apparent why the logic is wrong. Sometimes you > never figure it out. > > Sorry for the long lecture, God knows you don't need it from the likes of me > ;) > > But sometimes you can't let it get to you - you just shrug your shoulders > and crack a Corona. Tomorrow's another day... > > Cheers (and Merry Christmas BTW) > > Will Merry Christmas Will! Donovan -- Donovan Brooke Euca Design Center [Practical-Ethical-Efficient] www.euca.us egg.bz artglass-forum.com Donovan Brooke

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