For years that was a saying of mine, usually after a fairly intense/wild/debauched night.
larry >BenD- > >re: dummy functions that work: > >"Reality - What a Concept" > >(this was a quote from Robin Williams. >The idea of mixing Reality and Robin in the same sentence is an oxymoron <g>) > >which BTW is the t-shirt my wife brought me to wear home from the hospital >on Sunday - >she has a good sense of humor also (hey, she puts up with me!!) > >-Ben > > >At 04:43 PM 3/4/03 -0500, you wrote: >>Of all the comments about code I've made, my favorite was actually out loud. >> >>During a programming contest, I finished up a couple of routines and ran the >>thing to make sure it compiled, didn't get any runtime errors, etc. When it >>finished, I looked at the screen completely baffled. >> >>"Did it work?" asked my partner. >>"Yeah." I replied. >>"So?" >>"It shouldn't have. This here just throws a constant -- it's just dummy >>code." >> >>So I ran it on the second test case. Worked again. Instant confusion. >> >>Turns out that '3' or whatever the dummy function was returning turned out >>to be correct for a small but significant section of the problem space, but >>for that first few seconds it was a really /wierd/ feeling. >> >> >>-- Ben Doom >> Programmer & General Lackey >> Moonbow Software, Inc >> >>: -----Original Message----- >>: From: Ben Braver [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>: Sent: Tuesday, March 04, 2003 1:18 PM >>: To: CF-Community >>: Subject: Funny Code Comments >>: >>: >>: Nick- >>: re: the code comments, >>: Worked once at EDS on an obscure mainframe - Burroughs 4800 >>: running MCP-V OS. Check processing application. Program which ran >>: the MICR (magnetic ink)check sorter machines had a bold comment >>: box at the top of a dense section of assembler code: "Abandon all >>: hope he who changeth code between lines x and y". Nobody new >>: exactly what the code did, but you couldn't touch it. >>: :-) >>: >>: Another funny by an irreverent lead programmer at Del Monte >>: Foods, in the COBOL Security paragraph: >>: Security. Post 2 armed guards. >>: >>: -Ben >>: >> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
