Re: GUIs vs Green Screens (was After 2000)

At 9:09 PM 6/16/97, HankHeath@aol.com wrote:
>Anecdote to go with the GUI/Green screen thread:
>
>I have had a couple of VisualBASIC (VB) programmers working on one of my
>projects. They absolutely *gush* at how wonderful it is to program in that
>environment.
>
>The latest is an ex-mainframer, ex-CIO, ex-whatever you want he did type of
>guy. So, he knowledgeable compares how difficult it used to be to code, and
>how power his GUI-driven code is now.
>
>He regularly calls me over to his workstation: "Hey, Hank! You gotta see
>this!" And he shows me an elegant piece of code that uses object technology
>to eliminate hundreds of lines of code. Neat. He's good.
>
>The kicker is that invariably after he shows me the execution of that elegant
>piece of code, the PC rewards him by giving him a General Protection Fault.


I don't know whether to file this under 'AS/400' or 'Humour.'   (:

--Paul E Musselman
PaulMmn@ix.netcom.com


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