On Mon, 2003-07-28 at 14:48, Anne Wilson wrote:
> On Monday 28 Jul 2003 9:36 pm, Bill Mullen wrote:
> > On Mon, 28 Jul 2003, Anne Wilson wrote:
> > > BBCode?
> >
> > A pseudo-HTML type of code usable only within the message posting
> > area of certain types of websites which contain "forums", of the
> > sort that are provided by several packages like phpBB. While BBcode
> > will vary from one implementation to the next, it is usually a set
> > of commands enclosed in square brackets (as opposed to HTML's angle
> > brackets), and with the same "[on]text[/on]" on-off convention of
> > using a forward slash before the option name to signify the turning
> > off of that option. Examples:
> >
> > http://www.oooforum.org/forum/faq.php?mode=bbcode
> > http://www.programmers-unlimited.com/forum/bbcoderef.php
> > http://2002.sxsw.com/forum/faq.php#bbcode
> >
> > HTH!
>
> Sort of <g> It is, of course, on forum sites that I have seen it, but
> I don't really see the point. Ah well, I'm turning into a real old
> fogey that thinks plain text should be good enough for anyone in a
> serious discussion <vgb>
>
> Anne
Anne,
This is what I think of when someone talks to me about elegance
in programming. I really hate to hear that word spoken around working
programs that need to be modified in a minor way. To me it usually
means
1. I can't read code and figure out what it's doing, but I writes code
real good like. (translation: that bug fix will take 6 months while I
rewrite your entire code base.)
2. The guy who invented that language is an idiot. My religion has a
higher god than his. ( translation: I can't understand the logic
constructs in that language so I've got another one I think I can
program in.)AKA My language is cooler than your language.
3. Lack of research to see if what they are inventing already exists.
(translation: I didn't know about that tool you are using... the one
with the bug eyes... yeah yeah google that's it.)
I often refer to this disease as the M$ syndrome, or, the NIBM(not
invented by me) so it can't be any good, problem.
James
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