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Dear Doctor DotNet, I have a problem that you might be able to help with. I am currently extending an ASP.Net application and have noticed that on many pages some idiot has commented out both Option Explicit On and Option Strict On. I just can't bring myself to uncomment these however much I try. Is this plain lethargy or a (professional) attitude problem or just the dread of the two days work that it will probably take to fix the inevitable bugs and sort out the bloody mess. What should I do? And why did MS bring these heinous incitements to bad programming from VB6 into VB.Net? I prefer to use the beautiful C# any day.
Published Aug 06 2003, 12:18 PM by VictorL

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Dave said:

Dear Web Service Guy:

You can take the white sheet of a person, but that doesn't mean that person is any less a bigot.

Do I understand the real intent of your question? Sure. Any while there are many programmer wannabes that comment out these Option lines out to make their lives easier, it doesn't make them any less a programmer wannabe.

OTOH there are many many technical programmers (like me) who prefer to use VB.NET, understand the significance of Option Explicit and... hell, even welcome the advancement of having an Option Strict. Can we use your "beautiful" C#? Certainly. Do we prefer to? Nope.

Please find a way to get past your bias against VB. And please please - for your sake - refuse to enhance ANY apps written by programmer wannabes. Educate your manager on what makes a wannabe and what makes a programmer. That's your real concern... not some trivial thing like a programming language that compiles to the EXACT same thing your "beautiful" C# does.

The Doc
August 6, 2003 9:57 AM
 

Victor Lindesay said:

Very true Doc. Point absorbed. Thanks for your immediate first aid.
August 6, 2003 10:26 AM

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