Toby Reiter

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• OOPhoto - If Object.Validate(), Why Not Object.Save()?

  Posted on Aug 18, 2008 at 4:37 PM

  Uh, guess that should be "Brian's point about Bob". Sorry.... read more »

• OOPhoto - If Object.Validate(), Why Not Object.Save()?

  Posted on Aug 18, 2008 at 4:14 PM

  I think Brian's point Bob is basically correct (even though that's not how I currently program). Basically, as far as objects go, we can pretend that they have an inkling of an idea that they can be rendered, validated, and persisted. Sure, they don't know anything about HOW they get rendered, vali... read more »

• Ignorance Rears Its Ugly Head Again

  Posted on Jul 17, 2007 at 3:26 PM

  Right, I pointed out the reference to the TIOBE index. I think it's definitely not an objectively reliable measure of a language's popularity or overall use. I simply used it to point out that it's hard to believe that a language ranked in the top 30 would be a "Ghost" language. It's also fair to ... read more »

• Ignorance Rears Its Ugly Head Again

  Posted on Jul 13, 2007 at 2:35 PM

  @Sam: I have a major issue with this article. I think it's not just wrong about Coldfusion either. First, I don't think there's any way you can characterize Coldfusion as an unpopular language. In programming in general, Coldfusion is in the top 30 in the TIOBE index ( http://www.tiobe.com/tpci.... read more »

• Guess The Coin Amount, Win Cool Prizes

  Posted on Mar 23, 2007 at 10:09 AM

  $39.75... read more »

• Ask Ben: Getting CSS Class Names From My CSS Data

  Posted on Mar 16, 2007 at 1:22 PM

  Ben - If you have a CSS file that defined styles for tag based selectors, you wouldn't want to use those selectors as style options in a drop down for a rich text editor. Rather, you'd have options in the RTE for h1,h2,h3 (or large header, medium header, small header), which the user could then use.... read more »