Ted, Great comments!
It seems the older I get, the more interested I become in the concept of the craftsmanship of programming. In fact, a good while back, I ran across this quote and I've kept near me ever since: "One of the things about being a craftsman is that you learn how to work, and you develop a certain amount of pride, in fact a good deal of pride in the way you work." -- Robert C. Martin Come to think of it, I think my interest in craftsmanship began about the time the same time I joined the ProFoxTech list. It's easy to get better when you are surrounded by mentors. Actually I think it has always been that way with the FoxPro community since the beginning. I've never felt the same level of comradery and support with other programming groups. I don't want to get mushy here, but a big thanks to Ed for providing this forum and to everyone who participates and makes me smile, think, learn and strive to get better every day. Cudos, y'all! Paul H. Tarver -----Original Message----- From: ProfoxTech [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ted Roche Sent: Friday, July 27, 2018 12:02 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Every day a school day. On Fri, Jul 27, 2018 at 8:01 AM, Paul H. Tarver <[email protected]> wrote: > > I’ve been using FoxPro since the DOS days, so exactly when will I stop > feeling like an amateur? :) > "Amateur" comes from Latin roots, "from the heart" as in "doing it for the love of it" vs. getting paid to do it. It has come to mean the opposite of "professional" which I think is a shame: it would be good to do things in a workmanlike, ethical manner, while it provides joy to your heart. I hope you never lose that. During the development of the "Designing and Implementing Distributed Applications with Microsoft® Visual FoxPro® 6.0" exam #155, a very well-known developer on the Fox team reviewed the questions we had developed, and there was an argument over whether CTOBIN() was an actual function in VFP, because they had never heard of it. It never stops. Fifteen years out from my last serious, full-time development project in FoxPro, I've worked in a couple of different languages, and yet when I come back to Fox I see some of the functions in a new light, and can find different ways to use them. The art of craftsmanship is recognizing you can always improve. -- Ted Roche Ted Roche & Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
