If I was having /that/ good a time, I'm generally thinking more along the
lines of "Oh, damn. Reality again." :-)
-- Ben Doom
Programmer & General Lackey
Moonbow Software, Inc
: -----Original Message-----
: From: Larry C. Lyons [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
: Sent: Tuesday, March 04, 2003 7:27 PM
: To: CF-Community
: Subject: RE: Funny Code Comments
:
:
: 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
: >>:
: >>
: >
:
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