[ale] .NET considered harmful

[Calvin Harrigan]

On 3/29/2011 5:49 PM, Charles Shapiro wrote:
> Well, that was certainly an entertaining discussion.
>
> FWIW I recently completed a project in Microsoft Access, but I will
> keep it off my resume lest I be asked to do another one.  Writing it
> involved several breaks while I walked outside the building to cool
> off.  Did you know that if you rename a query in Microsoft Access, it
> STOPS WORKING??  The only successful way I have found to change the
> name of a query is to open it in the editor (finding the editor is
> another Exercise in Frustration), copy the text of the query, create a
> _new_ query in the new name, then paste the contents of the old query
> into it.  Wow.
> Under certain circumstances, I also found it possible to create a
> database query which neither worked nor was editable, since there's a
> built-in syntax checker which won't let you save a bad query. Unless,
> of course, it _does_ let you save it but won't let you edit it.  _Way_
> fun.
>
> Chris, I'm about a week into experimenting with an  Arduino ("Baby
> talk programming for pothead") breadboard kit.  One of the very khoul
> things about it is that the programming language in the SDK is
> actually C++, albeit with a main() which is not easily accessible from
> the toolkit. You write a "void setup()" and "void loop()" routine
> instead. The chip I have has only 32K of memory, so I probly won't fit
> a very complicated object hierarchy in there, and I certainly won't
> try using templates.  So far it's been very entertaining to try to
> debug ( really simple ) projects from both ends, hardware and
> software.  Under the covers, on linux at least, they're using g++, so
> presumably the nifty new stuff comin' down the pike in C++0x should
> work too.
>
> -- CHS
Just wanted to agree with you about the spawn of hell that Access is and 
to give props to how much fun Arduino-ing is!  I've completed several 
projects using it as a platform.  I homebuilt the circuits though, only 
ever purchased the initial Arduino.  Just need to get etching down and 
I'll be golden.  Four completed projects and counting!