{"id":125,"date":"2004-04-04T02:03:51","date_gmt":"2004-04-03T18:03:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/foxpro.ntsl119.com\/scr\/?p=125"},"modified":"2007-11-12T09:14:36","modified_gmt":"2007-11-12T01:14:36","slug":"thoughts-vs2005-and-orcas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/foxpro.ntsl119.com\/scr\/archives\/125","title":{"rendered":"THOUGHTS . VS2005 and orcas"},"content":{"rendered":"

There are some things in here<\/a> that I do not like. But it doesn’t mean that I don’t respect it.<\/p>\n

I seldom give comments on things I haven’t tried, but I must say that I don’t like the notion of creating database-related programming language solutions that tends to mold ‘lazy database programmers’ in the guise of ‘personal productivity’ which claims ‘to help developers overcome their most pressing challenges in minimal time’.<\/p>\n

For you to overcome ‘pressing challenges’ in minimal time, you must have experience. And experience you will gain in the hard and longer way of writing ‘codes’.<\/p>\n

Before I’ll continue allow me to state that I do have great respect behind the minds and developers of this so-called ‘approach of the future’. In this era where time is considered ‘gold-ier’ than before, it is indeed a great achievement to be able to trim down the development period of whatever project. I am also referring to database related things here which I believe is different when you’re developing a different type of application say a word processor, a spreadsheet or a software that calculates(nDistance, DetermineNearest(human(HealthCondition(X, Y, Z)), lReferencePoint=You)) has to be if You(lDecision = !visit(bathroom), nDays) for that said Human not to kiss the floor.<\/p>\n

The baby-sitting type of approach to program development I believe is needed but in some ways I feel that it is the responsibility of the database programmer and not the PL itself. I want to extend the outmost limits of the control I have on the code I create. It is my code; get your hands off it\ufffd now! Yes… you, MissPL-with-the-white-shirt.<\/p>\n

I also cringe at the idea of that ‘fill-in-the-blanks’ type of programming. Decades ago parameters were invented and even in these days, this is one of the greatest things a programmer can include in his arsenal. That would be next to OOP and one level behind neuron-pumping-trance\/technotronic beats WinAmp plays while you’re coding\/’developing’.<\/p>\n

If one has to trudge that path of fill-in-the-blanks-because-I’m-too-lazy, let the programmer himself create his own user define function that fills in the blank.<\/p>\n

This is probably one of the many reasons I left VisualBasic for VisualFoxpro five years ago. I want to have more control of the flow, the code, the logic, and to see more clearly what each line does instead of allowing a line or two of reserved words produce things for me. Call me ‘old school, call me ‘traditional’\ufffd call me whatever you want\ufffd but for now this is where I stand.<\/p>\n

But do continue in this innovation of yours, great minds. Who knows in the future I might be convinced to jump on this jelly-looking bandwagon of yours. Besides, humans always have choices.<\/p>\n

But for now I’ll dwell in this thrill and the art of pounding the keys, whispering longer eloquent words that only a digital loving silicon can fully understand.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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