Apropos of the previous entry, I should add that I agree wholeheartedly with Eric’s contention that parameterless default properties were almost entirely evil. They did make working with some objects much easier, but they came at such a cost of understandability that I don’t believe that, in the end, they were worth it. When I...

Eric Lippert recently talked about some of the fun and exciting things that go on when you use parameterless default properties in VBScript. He notes that the fact that VBScript is always late-bound means that the behavior of code in VBScript is often different than early-bound code in VB6. He goes on to say: I hear you exclaiming...

Eric Lippert recently talked about some of the fun and exciting things that go on when you use parameterless default properties in VBScript. He notes that the fact that VBScript is always late-bound means that the behavior of code in VBScript is often different than early-bound code in VB6. He goes on to say: I hear you exclaiming...

Infoworld doesn’t have much more than what’s in the abstracts themselves (nice to see the punching up worked), but I did particuarly like the “hail” part. I sort of have images of Roman legionaires marching into the PDC bearing VB banners… At least we’ll be a long way from the Ides of March…

Infoworld doesn’t have much more than what’s in the abstracts themselves (nice to see the punching up worked), but I did particuarly like the “hail” part. I sort of have images of Roman legionaires marching into the PDC bearing VB banners… At least we’ll be a long way from the Ides of March…

Yes, Jeff, yes indeed… That’s a pretty cool idea, isn’t it? I mean, I’m just sayin’… (This was an ironic thing to show up in my aggregator given the demo that I’m working on today for the PDC. Assuming the demo comes together the way it should, you’ll see why in LA…)

Yes, Jeff, yes indeed… That’s a pretty cool idea, isn’t it? I mean, I’m just sayin’… (This was an ironic thing to show up in my aggregator given the demo that I’m working on today for the PDC. Assuming the demo comes together the way it should, you’ll see why in LA…)

Something random the other day make me think of an old email I’ve kept stuck in the archive folder, and I thought people might find it amusing. Many years ago, a coworker sent around an entirely tongue-in-cheek email on “How to be a PM” in which he covered the many underhanded ways that a Program Manager could...

Something random the other day make me think of an old email I’ve kept stuck in the archive folder, and I thought people might find it amusing. Many years ago, a coworker sent around an entirely tongue-in-cheek email on “How to be a PM” in which he covered the many underhanded ways that a Program Manager could...

Despite my name making an appearance in the session title (it appears to be gone now), several people have observed that our current session abstract for our PDC05 talk is a bit, uh, bland, especially when compared to some of the other sessions. Here’s what we originally submitted: Visual Basic is designed to be the most productive...

Despite my name making an appearance in the session title (it appears to be gone now), several people have observed that our current session abstract for our PDC05 talk is a bit, uh, bland, especially when compared to some of the other sessions. Here’s what we originally submitted: Visual Basic is designed to be the most productive...

As with last year, my recognition of my second anniversary of blogging is a bit belated. And, as with last year, it’s hard to believe where all the time has gone. The whole blogging phenomenon seems to have transitioned from adolescence to early adulthood and is rapidly growing up (as much as it ever can). Wonder what year three will bring?

As with last year, my recognition of my second anniversary of blogging is a bit belated. And, as with last year, it’s hard to believe where all the time has gone. The whole blogging phenomenon seems to have transitioned from adolescence to early adulthood and is rapidly growing up (as much as it ever can). Wonder what year three will bring?

Larry Osterman blogged yesterday about the funky name assigned to some new expansion pack that we’re shipping, which jogged my memory about a funny naming story that’s probably old enough to be repeatable. In fact, it’s been so long that the story may be incorrect or apocryphal, so take it all with a grain of salt…...

Larry Osterman blogged yesterday about the funky name assigned to some new expansion pack that we’re shipping, which jogged my memory about a funny naming story that’s probably old enough to be repeatable. In fact, it’s been so long that the story may be incorrect or apocryphal, so take it all with a grain of salt…...