FLASH: OT: COBOL (Was :Aaaggh - Flash 5 programming)

[Kristopher Wainwright]

Sounds like the Ada class I went through when I did a

tour with the Marine Corps ..... 


I feel for you Paul.



Kris Sends .....



--- Paul Willoughby <

paul_willoughbybeap [dot] co [dot] uk

>

wrote:

>

jdowdellmacromedia [dot] com wrote on Monday, October 23,

> 2000:

>  

> > ... or don't. If this is how you make decisions,

> then really, 

> > maybe the

> > world is better off if your work doesn't get as

> much exposure.

> 

> Harsh words, but in a vague defence of JD I thought

> he made a good point

> about how dangerous it is to reject something

> because it's too complex or

> you don't understand it. On the flipside, rejecting

> something cos you don't

> need it, and you *understand why* you don't need it

> is perfectly acceptable.

> 

> I new little about programming when I started with

> Flash 4, apart from a

> months intensive course in COBOL. What I understood

> from that month was

> there are only three things in a computer

> program...Statements (do

> something), Iterations (do something a certain

> amount of times),

> Conditionals (doing one of the former if a condition

> is/isn't met)

> 

> Clearly these concepts are not enough to transform

> you into an Action Script

> programmer, but they were enough for me to kill the

> fear of learning a new

> language. They are also useful to allow you to think

> about the logic of what

> you want to achieve. I always write out in

> (very)long hand what I think a

> script is gonna do before I even touch Flash - worry

> about syntax

> later...after all, great resources like this list

> are always there to help

> you out.

> 

> paul



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