Gosh, I'm honored that my sob story was so well received. The tough part is
that it's TRUE!
We're still struggling with those VB files even today - but I hope to get
Perl to the rescue soon. (At least we'll start using Perl to enforce the
interfaces we create.)
- Nancy V.
(This is so "after the fact" because I've been away for a few weeks.)
> -----Original Message-----
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> Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2001 8:00 AM
> To: Ronald J Kimball
> Cc: Boston Perl Mongers
> Subject: Re: [Boston.pm] Tech Meeting Followup
>
> Hi
>
> ( 01.03.20 23:08 -0500 ) Ronald J Kimball:
> > Nancy's tale of woe
> > involving Visual Basic and inconsistent fixed width formatting was
> > especially heart-rending. :)
>
> I was touched by the fact that the VB code was written by a *manager*.
>
> --
> \js
>
> When you see a rattlesnake poised to strike you, do not wait until he has
> struck before you crush him.
> -Franklin D. Roosevelt
