Replies to post #13418 on The Question and Answer Board (IHUB)

[WTMHouston]

Ah, I get it.

'It would not surprise me to learn that "VB" was really someone's private joke to describe Microsoft as very bad, is a comment

And, mentioning that the "interpreter" would reject it (and would be needed to do so) is equally as compelling a point, is a command.

''So, commenting a comment would likely have to be like this, which could not confused with """ or "' '."

I think I would likely need much more powerful glasses much more often if I had to frequently look for those kinds of differences a/k/a better you than me kimosabe. I'll stick to looking for differences in the meaning of comments and commands containing big (and many) words rather than small symbols.

I think I just figured out Enron's and Anderson's real problems (or at least what they should use for a defense): they just miscoded - as + (since they are right next to each other on the far right side of the keyboard they cannot be that different, right?) or, even better, some code monkey (who they have now fired and-or has committed suicide) just inadvertently inserted ' in front of all of the lines of code that Anderson and Enron really intended to cause things to be commands to properly account for and properly disclose everything all along. Instead of code commands to disclose everything being executed, however, they remained concealed comments buried deep within a program that they have just now been able to discover. It might have even been a conspiracy between the programmer and Dynergy or other competitor. Heck, with enough money and a well picked jury (maybe in California and we could have OJ as a consultant), it might be sellable.



Troy

[Mattu]

New School:

 
 if bob_coffee_level>0 then 
           response.write("It is ok to code.  I won't pooch it.") 
 else 
           response.write("I better get Matt, oh wise and powerful one, to teach me how to do this one.") 
 end if 
 

Old School:

 
 clear 
 set stat off 
 set talk off 
  
 bob_coffee_level=0 
  
 @ 3,0 SAY 'Welcome to TZIIS1.  Bob, how many cups of coffee have you had?' GET bob_coffee_level 
 READ 
  
 if bob_coffee_level>0 
     @ 5,0 SAY 'It is ok to code.  You won't pooch it.' 
 else 
     @ 5,0 SAY 'I better get Matt, oh wise and powerful one, to teach me how to do this one.' 
 endif 
 

Sorry. Can you tell I've been programming an old Unix box all day? <g>

Pop quiz to anybody but Bob:
Q1) What programming language is 'new school' in?
Q2) What programming language is 'old school' in?