Re: Query for Top 10 Most "Expensive" Queries

Noons wrote:

> "Billy Verreynne" <vslabs_at_onwe.co.za> wrote in message news:1a75df45.0308282123.58d5dbe7_at_posting.google.com...
>
> >
> > Today - programmers write crap code. Even after a 100 builds of that
>
> No, they don't. They cut-and-paste crap code into their
> programs. "write code" does not happen today: you "import"
> inappropriate "patterns" and spend the rest of the time fiddling
> the xml config file to try and make that crap match reality.
>
> It's supposed to save time, but invariably what you get is grossly
> inneficient code. In about twice as long as it would take to write
> the same thing in a sane programming language. And you end up using
> only 10% of the "pattern" functionality anyways because no one
> in his right mind would activate the rest of it.
>
> I wish I had a lead pipe. I've got a #2 iron golf club that
> does MOL the same damage...
>
> --
> Cheers
> Nuno Souto
> wizofoz2k_at_yahoo.com.au.nospam

Ah ... you both bring a small tear to my eye. Taking me back to the days when resources had value, code wasn't just thrown over the cubicle wall, and programmers had skills not accumulated like paper towels in the kitchen.

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