Jack and All -- I fear that my jpackage question of a few days ago unintentionally ignited something of a contentious discussion, for which I must apologize! I beat Jack by 5 years having been in this game (as a hobby mostly) for about 45 years. I agree with Jack's sentiments below -- programming IS a pain in the butt -- but also brings the excitement of the hunt and pride of problem solved. (Easy for me to say -- I work in an academic environment without the real-world time pressure most of you probably work under.)
As I try to move from 8 to 11 I, too, wish it were easier -- but until it is I (mostly) enjoy the hunt and (totally) appreciate the assistance and wisdom of the people on this list. -- Chris ----- Original Message ----- From: Jack Woehr <softwo...@gmail.com> To: Neil C Smith <neilcsm...@apache.org> Cc: Walter Oney <walter.o...@oneylaw.com>, NetBeans Mailing List <users@netbeans.apache.org> Sent: Sat, 28 Sep 2019 12:14:35 -0400 (EDT) Subject: Re: A Bad Thing has happened to the promise of platform independence I apologize if my comment was unclear. I was trying to be light. I think Mosca and Oney pretty much got what I was saying. I've been in this game for about 40 years. Stuff comes and goes. Programming is always a pain in the butt. If it wasn't, everyone would do it and it would be a minimum wage job. You learn something and then it's gone and you learn something else. You wrestle with other people's code. The late Stan Kelly-Bootle was joking about this decades ago in his *Devil's DP Dictionary*. I feel everyone's pain because it's my pain, too. Still wrestling with it. Such is the life of the programmer! --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@netbeans.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@netbeans.apache.org For further information about the NetBeans mailing lists, visit: https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/NETBEANS/Mailing+lists
