From: Jason Roelofs <jameskilton@...>
Date: 2006-12-15T04:40:33+09:00
Subject: Re: What is the meaning of Dim

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On 12/14/06, Tom Werner <pubsub@rubyisawesome.com> wrote:
>
> chen li wrote:
> > Dim in VBA is a key word used to define variable. But
> > what does it stand for? For example
> >
> > Dim varCopy As Long
> >
>
> VB was actually created as a joke programming language by a college
> student. He used 'Dim' for variable definition as a tongue-in-cheek
> insult to those foolish enough to stumble across and end up using his
> little project. Ironically, Microsoft ended up picking up the fledgling
> language as their script of choice for business app customization, much
> to the delight of the language's originator--for what could make better
> comedy than throngs of business professionals typing Dim all day long,
> secure in the thought that they were using a productive programming
> language. Just the thought of it still makes me twitter with glee.
>
> Tom


Do you have any proof of this? I can't find such a story anywhere (after
googling for about 5 minutes, of course. Yay work!)

Jason

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