Yes this Alan is someone not associated with this list, and last I heard
was no longer a systems admin of any kind.
-Bill
On Fri, 2005-02-18 at 12:48 -0700, Alan Dayley wrote:
> Bill Warner said:
> >
> > If anyone else is going to use that system please don't start nameing
> > them off the wall things. I worked with a guy that wrote a big admin
> > script that managed profiles and logins for a system with over 900
> > telnet'd users. Every variable in the entire script was $ALAN1, $ALAN2,
> > $ALAN3, $ALAN4, $ALAN5, etc... up to about $ALAN80 He wanted to ask me
> > a quick scripting question and I took a look at the script and almost
> > strangled him on the spot.
>
> Just to remain clear and quash any possible rumors before they start...
>
> The person described above was *not* me! I do have faults in my coding
> practices but that kind of variable naming is not one of them.
>
> There. I feel better now.
>
> Alan
>
>
>
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