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)> > WillMerry Christmas Will!Donovan-- Donovan BrookeEuca Design Center[Practical-Ethical-Efficient]www.euca.usegg.bzartglass-forum.com
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- Re: [WebDNA] WebDNA glitch, no response required ... (Kenneth Grome 2009)
- Re: [WebDNA] WebDNA glitch, no response required ... (Matthew Bohne 2009)
- Re: [WebDNA] WebDNA glitch, no response required ... (Kenneth Grome 2009)
- Re: [WebDNA] WebDNA glitch, no response required ... (Thierry Almy 2009)
- Re: [WebDNA] WebDNA glitch, no response required ... (Patrick McCormick 2009)
- Re: [WebDNA] WebDNA glitch, no response required ... (Kenneth Grome 2009)
- Re: [WebDNA] WebDNA glitch, no response required ... (Govinda 2009)
- Re: [WebDNA] WebDNA glitch, no response required ... (Donovan Brooke 2009)
- Re: [WebDNA] WebDNA glitch, no response required ... (Donovan Brooke 2009)
- Re: [WebDNA] WebDNA glitch, no response required ... (Donovan Brooke 2009)
- Re: [WebDNA] WebDNA glitch, no response required ... (Patrick McCormick 2009)
- Re: [WebDNA] WebDNA glitch, no response required ... (america1007@aol.com 2009)
- Re: [WebDNA] WebDNA glitch, no response required ... (america1007@aol.com 2009)
- RE: [WebDNA] WebDNA glitch, no response required ... ("Will Starck" 2009)
- Re: [WebDNA] WebDNA glitch, no response required ... (Kenneth Grome 2009)
- Re: [WebDNA] WebDNA glitch, no response required ... (Donovan Brooke 2009)
- Re: [WebDNA] WebDNA glitch, no response required ... (Kenneth Grome 2009)
- RE: [WebDNA] WebDNA glitch, no response required ... ("Terry Nair" 2009)
- Re: [WebDNA] WebDNA glitch, no response required ... (Kenneth Grome 2009)
- Re: [WebDNA] WebDNA glitch, no response required ... (Govinda 2009)
- [WebDNA] WebDNA glitch, no response required ... (Kenneth Grome 2009)
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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)> > WillMerry Christmas Will!Donovan-- Donovan BrookeEuca Design Center[Practical-Ethical-Efficient]www.euca.usegg.bzartglass-forum.com
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