Will VB's new LINQ to XML prowess finally gain it the community respect accorded to other mainstream languages?
by Ken Getz
March 24, 2008
feel that all my life, I've been channeling Rodney Dangerfield (may he rest in peace). For those of you too young to remember ol' Rodney, he was a comedian, most famous during the '80s, whose catchphrase was "I don't get no respect." When you hear someone refer to Rodney Dangerfield as part of a metaphor, the assumption should be that they're referring to the fact that they, too, don't get any respect. (Nothing like having to explain your jokes, right?)
In any case, when I was a kid, the cool kids smoked cigarettes and rode motorcycles and played football (this was the early '70s, in Texas, mind you). I, on the other hand, played the piano and did my homework. Not cool. No respect. After college, when I started teaching, did I teach a cool subject and coach a cool sport? Nope. I conducted the glee club and taught geometry.
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feel that all my life, I've been channeling Rodney Dangerfield (may he rest in peace). For those of you too young to remember ol' Rodney, he was a comedian, most famous during the '80s, whose catchphrase was "I don't get no respect." When you hear someone refer to Rodney Dangerfield as part of a metaphor, the assumption should be that they're referring to the fact that they, too, don't get any respect. (Nothing like having to explain your jokes, right?)
