7 October 2003

07Oct2003

'Just' is a Four-Letter Word

'Just' is a vague, almost condescending diminutive. Nine times out of ten, it means this: "I do not know, but it is in my interest to estimate optimistically."

07Oct2003

Validating My Prejudices

I keep hearing how wonderful Visual Studio .NET is, and how it kicks the ass of any Java IDE. Unfortunately, I mostly hear this from people who haven't used a Java IDE in the last three years, and I haven't used Visual Studio in about... er... five. So I just grit my teeth and say "Yes, whatever you say".