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Brian May wrote:
> There is the argument that languages like PHP are best for quick&dirty
> prototypes.  The counter argument is that these quick&dirty prototypes
> often evolve into the one complicated mess of code that everyone
> relies on....

... but no one understands.  :-)

> I have also seen cases when the programmer (myself) included have
> considered the C compiler broken because it says undefined variable
> when it looks identical, when in actual fact it is mistyped - the same
> thing is much more confusing if you just get random results instead of
> an error. Examples: "OK" instead of "Ok" and "Saved_XYZ" vs
> "Save_XYZ".

I just love the times where the warning (unless, as usual,
warnings are turned off) says "this is undefined, so I'll
just make it an int"


-- 
Wes Groleau

Expert, n.:
         Someone who comes from out of town and shows slides.