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RBAR is "A" Modenism???

  • December 15, 2010 at 1:11 pm

    #72951

    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

  • December 15, 2010 at 1:33 pm

    #1263122

    What about PostModenism and NeoModenism?

  • December 15, 2010 at 1:54 pm

    #1263138

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

    Lowell

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  • December 15, 2010 at 5:09 pm

    #1263237

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

    MM


    select geometry::STGeomFromWKB(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  • February 7, 2011 at 11:02 pm

    #1283532

    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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