The Deadly Sins

Gordon Tillman got at mindspring.com
Thu Sep 22 13:05:10 EDT 2005


On Sep 22, 2005, at 12:00, Ken Norris wrote:

> Hi Mark,
>
> On Sep 21, 2005, at 11:06 PM, use-revolution- 
> request at lists.runrev.com wrote:
>
>
>> Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2005 21:12:05 -0700
>> From: Mark Wieder <mwieder at ahsoftware.net>
>> Subject: The Deadly Sins
>>
>> Sinners-
>>
>> I've had this filed away for a while and just rediscovered it...
>>
>> http://www.eecs.harvard.edu/~nr/sins.html
>>
>
> What about Klingon Coding practices?
>
> Say, where are those anyway? I can't find them :-/  I remember I  
> tipped over my office chair and fell on the floor because of  
> laughing so hard.

Top 10 things likely to be overheard if you had a Klingon Programmer:

A TRUE Klingon Warrior does not comment his code!
By filing this bug report you have challenged the honor of my family.  
Prepare to die!
You question the worthiness of my code? I should kill you where you  
stand!
Our competitors are without honor!
Specifications are for the weak and timid!
This machine is GAGH! I need dual Pentium processors if I am to do  
battle with this code!
Perhaps it IS a good day to die! I say we ship it!
Our users will know fear and cower before our software! Ship it! Ship  
it and let them flee like the dogs they are!
My program has just dumped Stova Core!
Behold, the keyboard of Kalis! The greatest Klingon code warrior that  
ever lived!







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