When you are handed a string, integer, or any value type, can you know what it really represents?  Can you define the range of appropriate behaviors for that data?  Can you tell if it's formatted correctly?   The problem is, in all of these cases, you can't.  You can't be sure of it's meaning, it's format or even how to ...

Comments About Flat FilesMy last blog post got a lot of reddit attention this weekend.  I want to thank all of the posters with constructive comments.  Open discussion like this is what makes the Internet great. I would also like to take a moment to discuss some of the ideas brought forth by the comments I’ve received both on my blog and ...