Ian Finch

Recent Blog Comments By Ian Finch

• Branching Logic vs. Guard Logic When It Comes To Function Control Flow

  Posted on May 17, 2011 at 6:27 PM

  As an old COBOL hack, I do miss the GOTO statement... (ducks the flying bricks) .. where you had to exit at the end of a piece of PERFORMED code (at least in the version I was using). I tend to write functions that sit in a cftry block which then falls through to the single cfreturn at the e... read more »

• The School Of Practical Philosophy: Philosophy Works - Week Ten

  Posted on Mar 23, 2011 at 6:03 AM

  'Be Excellent to Each Other' - ain't that a great mantra for life! Thanks for a thought provoking set of posts, Ben... read more »

• The School Of Practical Philosophy: Philosophy Works - Week Three

  Posted on Feb 2, 2011 at 4:05 AM

  I think we are all in a permanent state of 'waking sleep'. There is just so much going on in the unconscious all the time. My experience is that those times of cloudiness and confusion that may seem like a problem with concentration are a sign that some deep learning (sort of like background process... read more »

• PatternMatcher.cfc - A ColdFusion Component Wrapper For The Java Regular Expression Engine

  Posted on Jan 18, 2011 at 2:04 PM

  With out doubt the coolest concept this year so far, and I'd not be surprised to be saying the same come Xmas. Genius! Thanks once again for the inspiration.... read more »

• Happy Holidays From Ben Nadel And BenNadel.com

  Posted on Dec 24, 2010 at 7:22 PM

  Thanks for the constant inspiration, Ben. A wonderful holiday to you and yours, and may 2011 bring you all you could wish.... read more »