The majority of my business is acquiring new clients with existing long-term
MV systems. Thus I inherit a lot of stuff as opposed to working with a
single company or a VAR with more continuous programming.
Since I'm the current cook in the kitchen and I'm asked to investigate a
problem or enhance an existing program, I inherit whatever mess there was
(is).
Since I'm now responsible for whatever changes are made, I take the
opportunity to tighten up the code when possible. Not re-write, but replace
any obviously awkward methods. I have had more than a few instances where
the source code wasn't in sync with the object code and when I recompile for
a simple change, I get new errors in another part of the program.
I can illustrate many horrors over the years with these code examples. What
doesn't kill me can only make me stronger. What's that phrase...It isn't
completely useless. It can always serve as a bad example.
Mark
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From: "HENDERSON MIKE, MR" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org>
Sent: Sunday, July 10, 2005 6:12 PM
Subject: RE: [U2] THE variable names {Unclassified}
> Mark,
> > -----Original Message-----
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> > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mark Johnson
> > Sent: Sunday, July 10, 2005 9:54 AM
> > To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org
> > Subject: [U2] THE variable names
> >
> [snip]
> >
> > REC="" ; READ REC FROM FILE, ID ELSE REC=""
> Maybe this system was converted from a platform where the ELSE
> automatically set the REC to "" (PI, for example IIRC) to one where it
> didn't (UV for instance), and the 'REC="" ; ' was inserted by a
> conversion program before every 'READ ...' statement?
>
> [For what it's worth, if I was looking at that code, I'd quietly
> re-factor out all the redundant 'REC="" ; ' statements.]
>
> Mike
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