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> > Kenneth R. Irwin wrote: > > In general, I write a program if I think it'll take less time > to write the > > program than it would to solve the problem by hand (or, if > about the same, > > if writing the code will be more interesting.) > > If it's something I'm doing over and over again, I'll eventually script > it if I think it'll save me time in the long run. But most of my > programming effort goes toward maintenance and bug fixes (and these > might be huge kludges if I'm working around a vendor's product with no > source code). > > Now how many people still find coding exciting after doing it for a > living, or learn new languages just for the hell of it? :D Since I'm a contractor, and I don't work in a library (or similar institution), I code whatever they pay me to code. I don't find code that exciting anymore... 12 languages and over 10 years of doing it... it's kinda become passe. I enjoy writing code for solutions that serve a larger purpose, but generally, I find it menial. As for learning languages, I need to finish learning Java and learn C/C++, after that, I'll consider myself a pretty well-rounded programmer. Incidentally, my language of choice right now is PHP, but I'll digress to PERL, ASP/VBScript, VB, or Python on rare occasions. Regards, James