Ah, someone else that remembers that era!! I guess there are still enough of us out here that still like to write code. Unfortunately, most of the "code generators" out there don't do a very good job or don't have the ability to generate all the possibilities that we need. Therefore, we use them to get close and then fill in the blanks with actual coding.
By doing actual coding I think we can achieve the level of re-use if we code it properly. After a bit of coding, we find that we collect a large enough library that we can start re-using what we have already written. However, many students out there that frequent this group only accomplish what they can with the code generators (a.k.a., wizards) and don't go beyond that stage. I think it will be long after we're out of here that someone will be able to sit down at a computer, tell it what type of program it wants and have the computer create it for them. However, that only seems to exist in science fiction right now. ...Glenn On Tue, Oct 21, 2008 at 1:16 PM, flatfilehater <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > as reply to mails, i am from pre-ms generation. > > when ms arrived the things had to be ibm compatible - it worked by > creating a relatively common denominator (lowest maybe) for making > mass software feasible (lotus 123 was the spreadsheet of the era but > visicalc was the first; ashton tate's dbase became the database entry > level later). > > the paradigm shifted with borland turbo pascall - libraries of code > were applied to cut down repetitive coding (i think borland was the > first to use the term window - the mouse arrived with ventura > publishing). > > this shift was a breath of fresh air and we all said that we were well > on the way to a new generation which would automate even further and > almost interpret things into plain english. > > now about 25 years on, we are still tick-ticking in code via a babel > of languages - analyse the repetitive nature of the info being sought > in the group and it seems that most are reinventing a wheel. > > of course i am getting old and cranky but not without reasonable cause > - the very attainable things and logical progress have not happened. > > time for coffee and a smoke! > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "DotNetDevelopment, VB.NET, C# .NET, ADO.NET, ASP.NET, XML, XML Web Services,.NET Remoting" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/DotNetDevelopment You may subscribe to group Feeds using a RSS Feed Reader to stay upto date using following url <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/DotNetDevelopment";> http://feeds.feedburner.com/DotNetDevelopment</a> -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
