RBAR is "A" Modenism???

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RBAR is "A" Modenism???

Rich Mechaber

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December 15, 2010 at 1:11 pm

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O.K., I'm one of many thousands who've benefited from Jeff Moden's wit, wisdom, and humor. And every one of his blogs, articles, or posts ends with this:
"RBAR is pronounced "ree-bar" and is a "Modenism" for "Row-By-Agonizing-Row".
Now I hate to sound like a pedantic twit, but when Jeff says a Modenism, it implies that there are more. To borrow from programming, "RBAR" is but a member of the class Modenism.
So, am I the only one wondering where in heck are the other members of this class?
Jeff??
Thanks for all your contributions,
Rich
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Michael Valentine Jones SSC Guru Points: 64818 More actions · Answer 1

Michael Valentine Jones

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December 15, 2010 at 1:33 pm

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What about PostModenism and NeoModenism?

Lowell SSC Guru Points: 323518 More actions · Answer 2

i think his new "SQL Spackle" which is code used to fill in the cracks counts as one....

Lowell

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mister.magoo SSC-Forever Points: 47174 More actions · Answer 3

I think "That's mighty fine code, but let me show you how to do it better..." should be one.

MM

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Jeff Moden SSC Guru Points: 1004564 More actions Follow · Answer 4

Heh... Wow! I just found this post. I guess I've been busy.

As you surmise, there are quite a few other "Modenisms". Unfortunately, being an old submarine sailor, most are not fit for print.

And thank you all for the very kind words.

--Jeff Moden

RBAR is pronounced "ree-bar" and is a "Modenism" for Row-By-Agonizing-Row.
First step towards the paradigm shift of writing Set Based code:
________Stop thinking about what you want to do to a ROW... think, instead, of what you want to do to a COLUMN.

Change is inevitable... Change for the better is not.

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