Or at least that’s what it feels like. Getting it was marginally fun, like play…but getting rid of it is another story. I’m afraid I may be stuck with it for an as-yet undetermined length of long weighty time. I can’t quite say, but I’m pretty certain that I wish I had never gotten into Visual Basic.

Don’t misunderstand me though, the program I’m working on will surely help my research. The goal is for it to consolidate 4 other programs (written in various languages - Fortran, C, QuickBasic, Japanese) into one, slower, bloated piece. But nevermind that - the real stitch comes in trying to prevent crashes by anticipating every stupid thing a user could do. Like entering letters in a numeric field. Or feeding a sandwich through the drive door. I’m still working on the first one.

It’s rather strange though. I can’t get anyone at Tech to admit to using VB, though the guilt can be clearly seen spread across their promiscuous faces. Filthy bastards. I’d switch to a different language if it wasn’t already too late.

And in preparation for my trip to Japan, I’ve taken on learning one indispensable Japanese word each day. Today’s word is:

admonishment - kyoukai

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