Heh, I just rewrote a block of code ...

[Blieb]

I coded an array randomizing function last week ...

Today I was modifying something and busted out php.net as reference, of course, TODAY I find the function that did exactly what I wanted!

Lines saved: 80
Time Lost: couple hours

*smacks forehead*

 

[Mr.IncrediblyBored]

Just remember that just about everything has been coded by somebody before. The key is having the sense to look for it before you start your work.

 

[Blieb]

Originally posted by: KnightBreed
Just remember that just about everything has been coded by somebody before. The key is having the sense to look for it before you start your work.

The key is knowing where to find it and what the coder defined it as!

But this was pretty bone-headed

 

[xirtam]

If you never reinvent the wheel, you never learn.

 

[boggsie]

Originally posted by: xirtam
If you never reinvent the wheel, you never learn.

I find that the present-day wheel is highly over-rated and needs to be reinvented!

 

[ndee]

I love to write my own functions, also if I could find it on hotscripts or something... I made today some functions like... you have a mysql-result and it will automatic list it as a checkbox-list... you can also specify in how many columns you want it listed extremly useful

like this: http://pics.airlock.ch/cars/example

this is for different languages.

 

[alkemyst]

I am the google copy and paste king with code for the staples/basics....it makes absolutely no sense to reinvent the wheel.

Now somethings you can't find

When I was in Computer Operating Systems we had to build a model of a 'system' with wait states, a fifo and a filo section, registers and whatever other crap It was 8 processes.

Anyways everyone used C++ and pretty much copied everyone else...I did mine in VBScript as I was trying to figure out ways to do more and more with scripting languages that could be made into webapplications.

It was more difficult, but fun in a sense I completed it (the instructor didn't think it would be accurate and offered me a chance should it not work right to reattempt it in a different language)....it worked perfectly.

 

[FoBoT]

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