Re: Happy New Year

Christopher wrote: > "Malc" <malc_p@btinternet.com> observed: > >>I find that junior programmers react better when persuaded, not coerced. >>Hence the spring-loaded spike under the chair, electronically linked to a >>script checking for a long TX or lock overflow..... > > > And here I've just been throwing the Flannery Handbook at them... OUCH! Now THAT'S harsh treatment.... Have you seen the SIZE of that book...? ;-) Cheers, -- Mark. +----------------------------------------------------------+-----------+ | Mark D. Stock mailto:mdstock@MydasSolutions.com |//////// /| | Mydas Solutions Ltd http://MydasSolutions.com |///// / //| | +-----------------------------------+//// / ///| | |We value your comments, which have |/// / ////| | |been recorded and automatically |// / /////| | |emailed back to us for our records.|/ ////////| +----------------------+-----------------------------------+-----------+ sending to informix-list

Mark D. Stock wrote: > > Christopher wrote: > >> "Malc" <malc_p@btinternet.com> observed: >> >>>I find that junior programmers react better when persuaded, not coerced. >>>Hence the spring-loaded spike under the chair, electronically linked to a >>>script checking for a long TX or lock overflow..... >> >> >> And here I've just been throwing the Flannery Handbook at them... > > OUCH! Now THAT'S harsh treatment.... Have you seen the SIZE of that > book...? ;-) Not to mention the turgid prose... :o) -- "C'est pas parce qu'on n'a rien ' dire qu'il faut fermer sa gueule" - Coluche