OK, guys, move this out to firebird-general, please. It is very very very
off-topic.

thks
^heLen

At 12:43 AM 23/10/2004 +1000, you wrote:

>Hi Martijn
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>You are (by observation) an exception to the *young* programmers I mentioned
>as being *trapped* in their current programming language environment. The
>point I am trying to make (hopefully positive), is that just because *I* am
>a Pascal programmer I cannot learn or use code written in C++ (for example)
>is a *cop out* (hopefully that term is internationally understood?).
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>I am NOT trying to be a *smart ass*, the only point I am trying to get
>across is that "don't dismiss example code etc because it is written in a
>different language to the one you are familiar with because it may be a
>better example than code written in the language I am familiar with"
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>Look, I don't know about you, but I (before I actually write the code),
>write pseudo code (language less) on what I wish to perform. I then convert
>this into the actual language which I am about to compile. If this sequence
>is observed then as long as the syntax of the target language is adhered to,
>then compilation should happen without errors.
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>So, in retrospect, I guess I am saying that programmers should write their
>code in *pseudo code* then key it in as the target language requires.
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>If the above is adhered to, then I still cannot understand anyone saying, "I
>only code in XXXXXX!"
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>Regards
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>Ken A Galbraith
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