[Edu-sig] Programming for the fun of it

[Don Hansford]

On Tue, 12 Dec 100 12:30:12 +0000
"Alan Gauld" <agauld@crosswinds.net> wrote:

> >> * Fix the software you use
> >
> >Only if it's Open Source :-)
> 
> We've already seen this stated but its not true.
> Most software packages nowadays contain macro capability 
> and in the case of MS Office those macros are written in 
> a programming language - VBA. Thus knowledge of programming
> frees the Office user of the restraints of the received 
> code and allow them to "fix it" in the sense of writing 
> their own versions of buggy features.

This is not a "fix" as such, merely a workaround
 
> So no, Open Source, wonderful tho' it may be, is not the 
> only case where this topic applies. (And anyone who has 
> written any sreerious VBA code knows that it is most
> definitely programming in the general sense! :)

Agreed :-)
It is a bit limited though.
At least with Open Source you can attack the actual problem, not just the symptoms.


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