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[Lerebours, Jose]

Courtney posted:

> My wedding date is May 19th...yippee...

So, are you asking for:
help?
Advise?
Copies of marriage subroutines and/or procedures?
Home calling commands?
Room allocation using arrays?
Storage sharing techniques?
How to keep a normalized home environment?
Best cooking hardware for your needs?
Color scheme for your communication interface?

I could go and on but I will leave it to you to
be more specific in lieu of guessing and not
giving you the right direction.

It sounds much like a program I started writing
about 18 years ago and I am still working on it. :)
I have successfully branched two other programs from
this project; one is 15 (almost 16) and the other is 
10 (going 11).  Due to lack of time and man power, I
have decided to stop branching off and stay focused
on the projects at hand.

Funny thing with these kind of programs is that bugs
you think you have long fixed, keep on popping up no
matter what you do and you're never short of having
some one remind you of how long that bug/glitch has
been around.  Oh, make sure you write this one with
strong locking mechanism and take your time testing
all possible breaking points - If anything goes
wrong, no matter the reason, you will be at fault.
No, if things go right, you will not be given due
credit.

If anything, I can advise you to prepare yourself for
a life long development project.  There simply is no
end to it; it evolves like wild fire and it changes 
direction virtually overnight, you simply need to keep 
up and stay focused on your long term goal.

I know some programmers that have done same and without
hesitation, they admit that while it was the most
challenging project they ever engaged, it was the
most rewarding.  There is not measure to the pleasure
one feels when you look back and see the result of your
hard work, how fruitful your branched-off projects have
become and to dare guess their potential ... and yes,
these projects will have a life of their own and will
eventually become self maintained and even start other
projects of their own.  We can only hope to be around
long enough to witness those projects and see them grow
as well.

Congratulations!  I wish you and your wife to be great
fortune and health.

Regards;


Jose Lerebours