I worked for a guy who would re-write anything I would
do.
He would change the variable names, change the
spacing, change anything that wasn't sitting well with
his sick mind.
If you did a replace, it had to be two to a line.
Like
Replace fielda with data1, fieldb with data2,;
fieldc with data3, fieldd with data4
instead of
Replace fielda with data1,;
fieldb with data2,;
fieldc with data3,;
fieldd with data
If you did it with one field, he would just re-write
it.
The variable all had to be 8 characters long,
regardless.
Doing a "beautify" using Foxpro's built-in utility was
a no-no, and he would yell at you for doing it, since
Beautify would use too many white spaces.
I doubt if there was another programmer alive or dead
that was as sick as this guy.
I would go home with a knot in my stomach every night.
Could you imagine someone re-writing your code every
time? Didn't matter whether it worked or not, it had
to have the correct number of spaces in it.
It even affected my relationship with my next employer
because I wound up asking for permission to do things
that a seasoned programmer shouldn't need to ask for.
I should have slipped some Zoloft into his coffee.
--- MB Software Solutions
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Was talking about OCD with a friend recently, and I
> wasn't really sure
> what OCD was, so I looked it up on Wikipedia:
>
>
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obsessive-compulsive_disorder
>
> Aren't all programmers (or at least the one's who
> care...haha) likely to
> be labeled with OCD? <g>
>
> --
> Michael J. Babcock, MCP
> MB Software Solutions, LLC
> http://mbsoftwaresolutions.com
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