Re: calx.per - needed for my generator

In article <jlumbleyD3o0y3.JLr@netcom.com>, jlumbley@netcom.com (Joe Lumbley) says: > >TBschaefer (tbschaefer@aol.com) wrote: >: Why don't you put your monster $@#$ somewhere else for >: people to download, or supply the source SOMEWHERE ELSE. > >: There's nothing I like better than running into this block of $%$ >: in a newsgroup. > >: Tim Schaefer >: The Computer Business Co., Inc. > >Mr. Schaefer, > >Was Feb 7 an especially bad day for you? Did your dog die? Did you >kill your dog? Eat him? Just flame him? > >First you poke fun at Hans-Stefan, then you post this "response" >to a valuable and respected member of our CDI community. I know that >his code is not anywhere near as exciting as your lengthy and erudite >discussion last month about the ever-popular subject of converting >COBOL to 4GL, but gee, Tim, give the guy a break. > >Pretend that he's contributed something to this group. Pretend that >Stuart's code has been helpful to lots of folks, even before >AOL gave you access to the Internet. > >If you'll stretch your imagination that far, I'll personally teach >Stuart COBOL. > >Joe > >-- >--------------------------------------------------------------------------- >Joe Lumbley(jlumbley@netcom.com) Dallas, Texas >author of: INFORMIX DBA Survival Guide from Prentice-Hall/Informix Press Joe, You know, the bad thing about messages like these is that they can be mis-read as flames when maybe they were just tongue-in-cheek or lightly intended...but sigh the damage is done...I don't disparage Stuart's code because there's no way I could read it! :-) The posting caused my reader to lock-up--maybe I should complain and whine? I merely ( italics mine :-) ) ask that if someone is going to post code that yes even I would like to use to learn from, that it be either in a form that my little news reader can digest, or not posted at all. This is a FORM not CONTENT issue that ain't no big deal--I mean we're not fixing world hunger here... And paleeze I can take it as well as dish it out...( Never mind teaching Stuart COBOL--teach me!--on second thought never mind about COBOL...) I can take a ration of it from anybody here--I mean you've got to be asking for it now and then, and if nobody gives it to you well then this would be a boring group. Nobody here including myself is above reproach--the world eye has kept me a bit more on my toes with many things... Now, on to Hans and Stefan...sigh...I had too much logic for one day, and I guess the submit button was too tempting...No offense intended... Sometimes humor just doesn't get through the written page...I'll stick to my day job... ( Speaking of pretending isn't AOL? ) And maybe Stuart would like to post the source code for his stuff instead of gobble-de-gook? And just call me Tim, not Mr. --that's way too formal... Guess I'm a knucklehead... \\\\|// (o o) ==============================---o00--(_)--00o---============================ Tim Schaefer tschaefe@gate.net The Computer Business Company, Inc. http://www.gate.net/~tschaefe Coconut Creek, FL, USA DILLYGAF! No animals used in the making of this message were harmed in any way! =============================================================================