yes. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bevan Arps" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Ant Users List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2002 2:01 PM Subject: Best Practices (was Re: Init)
> At 14:53 9/01/2002 -0700, you wrote: > > >Would people be interested in such a web page? I'll be glad to head off the > >effort. Perhaps it could just start as a conversation here on the mailing > >list, and I could collect the results in the web page. > > I'd be interested in contributing a thought or three for this - something > like this would have been a big help to me when getting started, especially > if it included ways to handle common situations. > > As a slight aside: > I've found that every system has a "culture" or "paradigm" that underpins - > more than the syntax of how things *can* be done, it's the subtle dynamic > that shows how things *should* be done. > > For example, Delphi code that has been directly transliterated into Java > code may run and produce the correct answer, but any Java guru would > probably throw her hands up in horror. > > To put it another way - there is more different between C++, Java, Delphi > and XXX than the syntax of the language, just as there is more different > between English and French than the vocabulary and grammar. > > Cheers, > Bevan. > > > -- > "Programming is an Art Form that Fights Back" > > Bevan Arps (<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>[EMAIL PROTECTED]) > Senior OO Analyst, ACT Financial Systems > > This communication is confidential to ACT Financial Systems (Asia > Pacific) and is intended for use only by the addressee. The views and > opinions expressed in this email are the senders own and do not > represent the views and opinions of ACT Financial Systems (Asia > Pacific). > > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
