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OK, but then your COBOL rewrite is going to be rewritten again...
THESE PEOPLE REALLY BOTHER ME!! How can they know what you should do without knowing what you want done?!?!
-- C++ FQA Lite
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Am I going to be doing extensive work on it, or just an occasional fixup for a few hours a month? The latter case tends to learning just enough to get the job done.
Is the tech something new and fashionable, or either scary legacy crap or limited enough in use that it's always going to remain obscure? Again the latter argues to only learning the minimum needed.
If I'm going to be doing substantial amounts of work on the system: are the tools in active development and work well with modern OSes and is the code base in decent shape; or are they unholy cluster-elephants? Only the latter case justifies doing a substantial rewrite.
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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Depends. If inherited code is the "mission critical" part of the software, I'll learn the new language inside-out. If it is a minor build script, I'll learn just enough to survive.
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My not familiar? What does that mean? Editors, please consider changing the title of the survey to:
"You inherit code in an unfamiliar language. Do you..."
/ravi
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You're observations are duly noted... 
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I think your being sarcastic.
/ravi
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Your more astute than I thought... 
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If it's VB I learn just enough to do the job then hide in shame.
If first you don't succeed, hide all evidence you ever tried!
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Well it's certainly not the English I was taught at school!! 
Quote: ...in a language your not familiar.
Let me fix that for you ...
Quote: ...in a language you're not familiar with.
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Since you're being picky:
CHill60 wrote: ...in a language you're not familiar with.
Let me fix that for you ...
...in a language with which you're not familiar.
Phil
The opinions expressed in this post are not necessarily those of the author, especially if you find them impolite, inaccurate or inflammatory.
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Or just "unfamiliar". 
/ravi
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Dangle those participles!
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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I relish stuff like this, and just dive in at the deep end
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Hope you don't mean things like VB6 or Classic ASP.
In past, someone told me like this "Just learn new things, that'd be useful for you in future". He was about to dump some maintenance project to me.
I said "No, thanks"
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I think it depends on situation, Like how much time, work-load...and many things....
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But not before bitching about it first!
Also, it's you're* [...] with (I'm not really a grammar nazi, but having a 'typo' on the homepage of a well respected English website is, well, sloppy  )
It's an OO world.
public class SanderRossel : Lazy<Person>
{
public void DoWork()
{
throw new NotSupportedException();
}
}
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Sander Rossel wrote: having a 'typo' on the homepage of a well respected English website is, well, sloppy
Their from Canadia...you have to make allowances!
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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I guess they're's nothing I can do about that
It's an OO world.
public class SanderRossel : Lazy<Person>
{
public void DoWork()
{
throw new NotSupportedException();
}
}
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Yes, your b*tch and you're a b*tch makes a massive difference
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I would like to translate a very good comparison like yours from spanish. But on in english it would make no sense 
M.D.V. 
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
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modified 24-Jun-14 7:39am.
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Not to be overtly pedantic but:
<Pedantic mode=On>
Quote: But on in eEnglish it would make no sense
English is an adjective not a noun; so always a capital letter.
And in mainly denotes “rest at” while on indicates proximity and position above or outside. However, to rules there are always exceptions. So its on a particular date, not in...
<Pedantic mode=Off>
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Kenneth Haugland wrote: English is an adjective not a noun; so always a capital letter.
Emmm... that makes not much sense.
Do you write?: I am Blonde, you are Tall, he is Ugly but she Beautiful? All are adjectives.
M.D.V.
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
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I'm don't really have a Master degree in English, but It seems like we're supposed to hack each other to pieces by spelling mistakes. I don't really remember what a noun or adjectives are, why should I
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Kenneth Haugland wrote: I'm don't really have a Master degree in English,
Neither do I
Kenneth Haugland wrote: It seems like we're supposed to hack each other to pieces by spelling mistakes
In Spain we say: If you give, don't be surprised when you receive
Have a nice day
M.D.V.
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
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