Re: Who's up for breaking IDL? [message #36016 is a reply to message #35824] |
Mon, 04 August 2003 06:58   |
David Fanning
Messages: 11724 Registered: August 2001
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David Fanning writes:
> Have you thought about how this would work? If your
> filename has 16 characters in it (and probably
> includes spaces, too, sigh...), then you would
> have to check !16 different variations on the
> filename to make sure you found it.
The alternative, of course, is to forget about
automatic compilation of programs and let everyone
self-compile their programs. This wouldn't be
much of a burden, since about 75% of the programs
I see use this method already. :^)
Cheers,
David
P.S. Am I the only one here this morning!?
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David W. Fanning, Ph.D.
Fanning Software Consulting, Inc.
Phone: 970-221-0438, E-mail: david@dfanning.com
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