Eddy.

Here are two programs inside.cs and outside.cs, appropriately named to reflect the two ways respectively.

And, here is the ILASM obtained by disassembling inside.exe and outside.exe.

As you can see, the two are the same.

So, please leave those variables inside loops when they are not needed outside. Having the variables closer to their point of use makes the code easier to read.

Eddy.

I know I said I would not write about coding, but this one has been bugging me for some time — a collaborator keeps changing my code to pull the variables out of loops, arguing that this will save memory and improve performance.

Although I still do a lot of programming, I have given up on writing about it. I feel that programmers, or those who write about the profession, are being too liberal about throwing acronyms, patterns, and what-nots around, and I do not want to be part of that.

Just yesterday, I came across a blog post about “a new Locator pattern”. Well, here was me thinking that the purpose of a pattern was to describe a distinct and recognised solution to a common programming problem. Let’s get this straight, you have ONE Locator pattern with VARIATIONS in implementation. Someone claiming “a new Locator pattern” is missing the point, surely. Imagine this, in the middle of a technical discussion, you suggest that a developer uses the Locator pattern. “Err, which one already?” Yep, that’s how ridiculous pattern abuse has become, all thanks to self-proclaimed programmer-blogger-gods!

And, this is why I prefer to post pictures. Like this one.

Eddy.

This is a reaction to bad taste wall posts seen on Facebook from mauritian “friends”.

Now, for the sake of completeness, a random picture.

Eddy.

Eddy.

Wait for it…

Wait for it…

AWESOME!

Eddy.

First, obviously, the ASDA photolab messed up the film completely, so much so that when I turned up to pick it up, the two teenagers staffing the counter did not know how to give the bad news. While the boy was forthcoming and ready to acknowledge the mistake, the girl insisted that the “film was just a bit wet”. Yeah, right!

Anyway, most of the pictures of the roll were taken to test the incident mode of my Sekonic L308S, and I was going to scan the negative and get the best of it from post-processing, so I was not too fussed although I was rather upset by the girl’s persistence in finding an excuse. Long story short, I walked away with a refund and vouchers as compensation.

The other thing that is wrong in this picture, which is not so obvious, is that THIS IS NOT MY NEGATIVE! I only noticed when I took it home and started cutting it into strips. At the shop, I had not bothered to check because of the state it was in.

I am thinking of putting it on lost negatives website (or whatever the name is). Maybe, I should have returned it, but from what I gathered, they would have simply binned it.

Eddy.

Eddy.

Eddy.