Joel, I think most of us would agree with that, even Barry. The thing is that most people do tend to get caught up in the fact that it could have been done better or that this could have been done.
Coldfusion is not at fault, nor is the programmer to some degree. I was done having a smoke and thinking about this for a bit, and the thing that came to mind was when I came back up and washed my hands. We live in a society now that has a very precious commodity in water and the thing is that with some foresight on the developers back then, we may be in a different position than we are today (maybe, maybe not). Would could certainly blame them, but what good would it do. We learn from that and moved on, we built better things all the time due to this experience of the past. Developing applications is no different... But Barry, I am curious why you brought it up in the first place though. Obviously something ticked you off enough to get other people's opinions I guess:-) And my 2c worth, I have code that I have been maintaining now for 2 years. I seriously wish I had the time to refactor a lot of the older code with what I know now. As for Geoff's statements, I did state that I agreed. But it doesn't just apply to Coldfusion, it comes down to the person and what they have time to develop as Geoff stated. Andrew Scott Senior Coldfusion Developer Aegeon Pty. Ltd. www.aegeon.com.au Phone: +613 9015 8628 Mobile: 0404 998 273 -----Original Message----- From: cfaussie@googlegroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Joel Cass Sent: Wednesday, 26 March 2008 9:40 AM To: cfaussie@googlegroups.com Subject: [cfaussie] Re: programmer etiquette and writing good CF code Meh. I reckon the best type of programmer is one that accepts the faults of others (and themselves) and moves on. Nothing is perfect in life and we must all accept that. I really concur with Geoff's statement as I myself have been in that position many times over the years. And I have written lots and lots of shite code based on shoddy prototypes. And not just in ColdFusion either. But in the end I've learnt a lot and moved on. I don't sit around all day bagging other peoples' code, that's for sure. Just account for the extra time in working with legacy code. Joel --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "cfaussie" group. To post to this group, send email to cfaussie@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cfaussie?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
