--- Thomas Hruska <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Mickey Mathieson wrote: > > like you never have made a mistake trying to help > some > > else! Why offer any help when people like you > > are so quick to ridicule others. > > Who are you helping? It seemed like a generic > thread you started aimed > at the general population rather than a specific > individual. Then you > started challenging people. In "all-caps" > sentences. > > > > As i said I don't use recursion - i came up with a > > quick example which had one addition if/then test. > > > > Also the strlen is called because it was not about > > efficiently but size in this case. The calling > > parameters are fixed. Do YOU have a better > solution. > > The best solution is to simply not use recursion. > It isn't necessary > nor is it appropriate for the scenario. Anything > less than the best > solution is an exercise in futility. > > > > You know nothing about me > > True. But I rarely need more than two e-mails to > know enough. I've got > some weird talents. > > > > and take a personal attacks > > against my work - the way your acting concerns me > that > > your a smug know it all. > > Been around the industry for 18 years and, while I > don't know > everything, I do know enough to know how to dig > myself into a hole. I > guess that's the "smug" part. But it is more being > "stubborn" than > being "smug": > > To me, a Senior Software Developer means something > more than just a > title. If someone writes sloppy code in public and > associate it with > their title, they either diminish the meaning of the > title or associate > poor quality with their company as a whole. This is > something I feel > quite strongly about. And, while being a pretty > "old fashioned" view, > it is still a valid view today. And this is a view > you can't get me to > change (hence, stubborn). > > So I guess it comes down to: What do you want your > title and company > associated with? Poorly written (recursion) code? > Or code that you can > look back on in 10 years and say, "Woah - that was > pretty good...did I > really write that?" You initiated the thread - > seemingly to everyone - > and associated your title, company, and reputation > with the messages you > sent. What were people supposed to think? > > Any of that make sense? > (Probably dug myself a new hole. So cool.) > > -- > Thomas Hruska > CubicleSoft President > Ph: 517-803-4197 > > *NEW* VerifyMyPC 2.2 > Change tracking and management tool. > Reduce tech. support times from 2 hours to 5 > minutes. > > Free for personal use, $10 otherwise. > http://www.CubicleSoft.com/VerifyMyPC/ > > Who are you helping? It seemed like a generic > thread you started aimed > at the general population rather than a specific > individual. Then you > started challenging people. In "all-caps" > sentences.
There was a question in a previous post. I don't recall using all caps - maybe a few words were caps but never the complete sentences. as far as challenging people - if they could come up with a better solution (with out changing calling convention) then lets see it. I don't see the problem in this. ____________________________________________________________________________________ Don't get soaked. Take a quick peek at the forecast with the Yahoo! Search weather shortcut. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/shortcuts/#loc_weather
