Comments on: An Interesting Article on Legacy Code http://www.jimako.com/blog/2006/02/08/an-interesting-article-on-legacy-code/ Looking forward, aware of the past... Wed, 29 Jul 2009 17:23:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Something is going on » Blog Archive » Work in an IT Shop! http://www.jimako.com/blog/2006/02/08/an-interesting-article-on-legacy-code/comment-page-1/#comment-15 Something is going on » Blog Archive » Work in an IT Shop! Sun, 12 Feb 2006 04:43:53 +0000 http://www.jimako.com/blog/2006/02/08/an-interesting-article-on-legacy-code/#comment-15 [...] Also, Jimako continued the topic in a blog entry An Interesting Article on Legacy Code. [...] [...] Also, Jimako continued the topic in a blog entry An Interesting Article on Legacy Code. [...]

]]> By: jimako http://www.jimako.com/blog/2006/02/08/an-interesting-article-on-legacy-code/comment-page-1/#comment-14 jimako Sat, 11 Feb 2006 00:34:50 +0000 http://www.jimako.com/blog/2006/02/08/an-interesting-article-on-legacy-code/#comment-14 Bzzt. Our reality is very much influenced by our language. But I am not going to get into a philosophy discussion here. Thanks for your input, John. Bzzt. Our reality is very much influenced by our language. But I am not going to get into a philosophy discussion here. Thanks for your input, John.

]]> By: John http://www.jimako.com/blog/2006/02/08/an-interesting-article-on-legacy-code/comment-page-1/#comment-13 John Fri, 10 Feb 2006 16:01:36 +0000 http://www.jimako.com/blog/2006/02/08/an-interesting-article-on-legacy-code/#comment-13 Reality exists independently of our ability to describe it through language. Either there are absolutes, or there aren't. Reality exists independently of our ability to describe it through language. Either there are absolutes, or there aren’t.

]]> By: despil http://www.jimako.com/blog/2006/02/08/an-interesting-article-on-legacy-code/comment-page-1/#comment-12 despil Fri, 10 Feb 2006 10:54:12 +0000 http://www.jimako.com/blog/2006/02/08/an-interesting-article-on-legacy-code/#comment-12 Right you are there :) I am a great fan of "newest pearls of wisdom" and "cutting edge methods" - everyone needs a hobby -, but they are not the best solutions all the time. Incidently I had the pleasure to develope an invoicing module for our product, and we had to save every single character of the data, calculated or not, as the government can be really picky about the same invoice having different forms and data :) Right you are there :)

I am a great fan of “newest pearls of wisdom” and “cutting edge methods” – everyone needs a hobby -, but they are not the best solutions all the time.

Incidently I had the pleasure to develope an invoicing module for our product, and we had to save every single character of the data, calculated or not, as the government can be really picky about the same invoice having different forms and data :)

]]> By: jimako http://www.jimako.com/blog/2006/02/08/an-interesting-article-on-legacy-code/comment-page-1/#comment-11 jimako Thu, 09 Feb 2006 22:23:03 +0000 http://www.jimako.com/blog/2006/02/08/an-interesting-article-on-legacy-code/#comment-11 Hey, John. Thanks for the comment -- I didn't think anyone actually read this blog :) "There are no absolutes" is indeed not self-disproving. Do a search on Russell's Paradox for more details, but the short summary is that a statement about a set of statements is not itself a member if that set of statements. This must be the case, or else language breaks down. This is actually more general than just statements. It is an important part of any logic course. If you really want to get your brain spinning, try this one: If the meanings of 'true' and 'false' were switched, then this sentence wouldn't be false. I forget where it comes from. Cheers. Hey, John. Thanks for the comment — I didn’t think anyone actually read this blog :)

“There are no absolutes” is indeed not self-disproving. Do a search on Russell’s Paradox for more details, but the short summary is that a statement about a set of statements is not itself a member if that set of statements. This must be the case, or else language breaks down. This is actually more general than just statements. It is an important part of any logic course.

If you really want to get your brain spinning, try this one:

If the meanings of ‘true’ and ‘false’ were switched, then this sentence wouldn’t be false.

I forget where it comes from.

Cheers.

]]> By: John http://www.jimako.com/blog/2006/02/08/an-interesting-article-on-legacy-code/comment-page-1/#comment-10 John Thu, 09 Feb 2006 15:59:43 +0000 http://www.jimako.com/blog/2006/02/08/an-interesting-article-on-legacy-code/#comment-10 The phrase "There are no absolutes" is self-disproving. It is itself an absolute and thus demonstrates that there ARE absolutes. The phrase “There are no absolutes” is self-disproving. It is itself an absolute and thus demonstrates that there ARE absolutes.

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