somehow this has made 4 pagesAnytime ;)Quote:
Nice work on the locking issue, worked brilliantly...
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somehow this has made 4 pagesAnytime ;)Quote:
Nice work on the locking issue, worked brilliantly...
At the very least, I have started a hell of a thread.:p
Apart from the post race I don't think i've ever seen a thread make 4 pages so quick.Quote:
Originally posted by stevess
At the very least, I have started a hell of a thread.:p
I think the nukem thread did......ummmmmmm I see a similarity here.:rolleyes:
Katie, In his last statment, I notice he is saying that you are to stupid to argue/debate
Me and Mike got one closed the quickest :D
That happened before I bothered with Chit Chat.Quote:
I think the nukem thread did......ummmmmmm I see a similarity here
I understand that Simon...but since he really has nothing to base that statement on besides this one thread I figured he was showing which one of us was really the unintelligent one...:rolleyes:Quote:
Originally posted by chenko
Katie, In his last statment, I notice he is saying that you are to stupid to argue/debate
It's nice to see that you all know each other, no wonder I am getting hammered so bad.
Chenko/Simon,
That just shows your immaturity and/or ignorance.
Katie/barrk,
By agreeing, that shows your's too.
Most of you all act like a bunch of children.
Phhhht! the way you say it you make it sound like a bad thing! :pQuote:
Originally posted by stevess
Most of you all act like a bunch of children.
Chill out, have fun! Don't be so defensive!
P.S. I once spent a summer re-writing a system originally written by someone who thought that quick, short code was the best way to go. Believe me, in industry speed is nothing. Readability and Maintainability is everything.
SD
I'm not going to ***** at you, but you should know that we are like a little community and if you pick on one of us, the rest will invariably join in.Quote:
Originally posted by stevess
It's nice to see that you all know each other, no wonder I am getting hammered so bad.
The best thing to do is sit back, relax and just chill. If i've said something nasty I often regret it afterwards, so it's a good idea to chill before reacting, and that goes for all of you, not just steve.
SD: The No comment-kid was it? I know the type! ;)
Nice to see your ego is under control Steve, and your point is!Quote:
Originally posted by stevess
Most of you all act like a bunch of children.
Readability and Maintainability have nothing to do with speed at all. Naming a variable x or lTestCount, has no bearing on speed. I am 100% for descriptive code.
Jethro,
You are most childish and over-defensive yet. You are the epitome of "Don't tell me I'm wrong or I will hit you!"
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"The epitome of stupidity is not knowing how to say epitome"
Or perhaps, how to spell it. :D
Good to see you took note of what I said steve:rolleyes:
hey... i can be childish and overly defensive too, don't leave me out!!
Chris.
I am not a passivist, I will say things as I see them. I watched all the comments made before I finally chimed in.
I am not here to be "loved". I am a very secure person, I don't care if people like what I sat or not.
That should be:
...people like what I say or not.
good because i happen to hate what you sat...
Your choice. But you will be driven outta town. People will start to ignore you/your questions/your advice then they'll be no point you saying anything, then those who orchestrated the campaign against you would have won.
I am far from the passivist (just look at some of my aurguments), but sometimes it is better to not get peoples' back's up.
True, but I was actually refering to your comments about you liking to do things in the smallest amount of code.Quote:
Originally posted by stevess
Readability and Maintainability have nothing to do with speed at all. Naming a variable x or lTestCount, has no bearing on speed. I am 100% for descriptive code.
So what would you pick as a good coding from the following two routines
orCode:sOutput = mid$(sOldString,instr(1,sOldString,".")+1)
??Code:iPosOfDot = instr(1,sOldString,".")
sOutput = mid$(sOldString, iPosOfDot + 1)
SD
Yes but, the people that I am helping are not the people posting in this thread. EVERYONE that has posted a reply in this thread is far beyond needing help from anybody (apparantly), so it doesn't matter.
I have only been a member of this forum for a month or two, I have helped a lot of people, screw anyone that doesn't see that.
All of the "you are arrogant, don't talk to me" crowd can eat $#@%.
I am not a senior programmer, but I am definitely not a beginner either.
SurfDemon,
I would pick #2 without hesitation.
I like "clean code", there would be no speed loss in using the second example.
I would pick #2 too. :D
#1 is fractionally more efficent, but not enough to make a difference.
I still think you should chill out. People aren't ganging up on you (well maybe a little), but it's probably because you do come across as being arrogant. Try wording things more gently, and try seeing the other persons point of view. Certainly, there is little to be gained by openly slagging (insulting) somebody elses code. Everyone here helps out everyone else. It's a good community, I'm sure you'll enjoy it alot more if you weren't so angry all the time. So relax, think happy thoughts and enjoy the forum.
SD
SurfDemon,
Look at the original post in this thread, my point was that that code is extremely unreadable and non-descriptive. If you have seen any of my code posts, you will see that I Dim every variable on a separate line, and that they are generally representative of what they are for.
There is no no need to be cryptic in order to achieve the fastest code possible. (unless you're using VB3)
Who said that?!? I certainly didn't!Quote:
Originally posted by stevess
EVERYONE that has posted a reply in this thread is far beyond needing help from anybody (apparantly)
Well, whatever, I'm not going to argue the toss over it, suffice to say that people do read threads like this without actually participating.
I can't believe your "I am not here to be "loved". I am a very secure person, I don't care if people like what I sat or not" attitude gets you very far in life, but who am I to diss it.
I am not angry, never have been. If you read my posts I think you will find that the negative comments here are unwarranted.
I challenge anyone to show where I have "insulted" or "slammed" someones code. I have only questioned it. I have never said "your code is crap" or anything similar.
I would go for No. 2, but it depends on the circumstance. For example something more complex provided I could work it out straight away, something like thisQuote:
Originally posted by SurfDemon
So what would you pick as a good coding from the following two routines
which simply removes the last character from a string.VB Code:
chris,
Ask any CEO, being confident and not afraid to say what's on your mind, will get get you farther than any other trait that you have.Quote:
I can't believe your "I am not here to be "loved". I am a very secure person, I don't care if people like what I sat or not" attitude gets you very far in life, but who am I to diss it.
In those weekly dept. meetings, never saying anything will get you nowhere. Speak your mind, within reason, and you'll get noticed (and remembered). Just think before you speak,
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Originally posted by stevess
SurfDemon,
Look at the original post in this thread, my point was that that code is extremely unreadable and non-descriptive. If you have seen any of my code posts, you will see that I Dim every variable on a separate line, and that they are generally representative of what they are for.
There is no no need to be cryptic in order to achieve the fastest code possible. (unless you're using VB3)
mmmm, I found this one straight away :D
If one of my developers wrote this I would have cut their beer ration...;)Quote:
comp = instr(1, " " & text1 & " ", " abc ", vbBinaryCompare)
If comp <> 0 then msgbox "Match found"
But, I think this proves the point. I'm sure you normally write much neater code than this, but you're just quickly throwing something up on the website to show somebody how to do something. Well, thats what everyone else is doing, they don't expect or appreciate being insulted for it.
Oh, and I did come across a couple of comments from you which i certainly construed to be insulting other peoples answers.
Cheers,
SD
That's the key! It's also the point I've been trying to make, "within reason"!Quote:
Originally posted by stevess
Speak your mind, within reason
Taken out of context, I see your point, but that was relevent to the question that was asked.Quote:
If one of my developers wrote this I would have cut their beer ration...
Show me!Quote:
Oh, and I did come across a couple of comments from you which i certainly construed to be insulting other peoples answers.
Okay, I'm here. Sorry, but speaking your mind can be a good thing when tempered with reason and understanding. I would rather have a quiet team player anyday than someone who was outspoken. There is a line, which if you step over will instantly mark you as having a negative attitude.Quote:
Originally posted by stevess
chris,
Ask any CEO, being confident and not afraid to say what's on your mind, will get get you farther than any other trait that you have.
True, I'd want to know if things were going wrong, but alot of people do this without being outspoken. In fact I have one very quiet guy working for me. If he complains about anything i fix it as I know it's REALY important if he's plucked up the courage to say anything. I have had one loud mouthed employee who moaned about everything instead of fixing things, I never paid any attention to him (the boy who cried wolf). he's gone.
*ahem*Quote:
Originally posted by stevess
Show me!
SurfDemon
Totally agree with your comments. Stevess has an attitude which he doesn't appear aware of.
Stevess
Yeah lets just blast everyone else's code, that way John wont have to worry about getting new servers in the future. No one will bother posting.
Get over the attitude.
I never said I was "loud mouthed" or "talking crap without a solution". I said "within reason", if you can't get your point across calmly, then you should shut up. I am just as comfortable telling the CEO what I think as I am telling my immediate superior. It's all how you present your opinion.
As I have stated previously, I am not uptight, or loud, or overconfident, I just say what I think, I am opened to being shot down for any valid reason.
I just state my opinions, and my superiors want to hear those opinions, even if they disregard them as nonsense.
Good managers recognize the fact that their employees can, occasionally, have good ideas.
I want to play
what about this one where all you did was dis on Jehtro and his code and never shown any code of your own to help the poor guy out.
http://161.58.186.97/showthread.php?threadid=84230
and yes SD I was thinking of that one too.
scoutt,
Is that the best you could come up with? Jethro was rude to Gaffer, and that influenced my response. But even still, I don't see how Jethro's code helped at all. HE was the first to critisize, not me. And then he reacted with insults because his precious code had been critisized.
He stated that he "knew" the poster and "knew" what he meant. Does that mean that the rest of us should "know" what the poster really means? I don't know who he is, I can only go by the question that was posted.
Thank you Scoutt & Jethro!
Now Stevess, don't take this the wrong way. But is there possibly any way that all of us can have got the wrong opinion of you? If we have, then I suggest that maybe you do try thinking before you start spouting off. Try to see things from the other persons point of view and be a bit more understanding.
That's just friendly advice, you can ignore it if you want obviously, I'm just trying to be helpful.
:)
SD
I was thinking of the post
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By Stevess
Don't criticize what you can't even figure out on your own. This is pretty basic stuff, so why would we think that you were anywhere near prepared to start using classes.
and
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I can't help but be completely amazed at the responses to this post. I am not criticizing anyones code, but...........
As far as I know, less code is better (usually, and I think it applies here).
HeSaidJoe,
I here ya', but you still have to TYPE every string you want to allow for. ??????????????? Why?
Simple is better as long as it works. End of story.
Over coding is a bad habit, look for simple solutions first.
and
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What is this post supposed to mean?
and
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Vlatco & Adamcox both supplied the same answer:
MsgBox a + b
and that will work, it's just bad code (Implicit Conversions)