I thought some of these were entertaining and wanted to share.
What is your best programmer joke?
My favorite being
I thought some of these were entertaining and wanted to share.
What is your best programmer joke?
My favorite being
That is a comic from XKCD ... whoever posted it did not give credit. Curse them.
Secret: I've had a programming/engineering comic in the works for a while (nothing public yet). Here's a bit of nonsense from my archives (not sharing my 'A' material yet):
Code:/* spaghetti code */ int boilingPot(int pasta, int sauce, int garlic) { return (pasta + sauce + garlic); }
A programmer has a problem. The programmer says "I know, I'll use threads." The programmer now has many problems.
What can this strange device be?
When I touch it, it gives forth a sound
It's got wires that vibrate and give music
What can this thing be that I found?
O_oA programmer has a problem. The programmer says "I know, I'll use threads." The programmer now has many problems.
A variation on Jamie Zawinski if you are curious.
Soma
“Salem Was Wrong!” -- Pedant Necromancer
“Four isn't random!” -- Gibbering Mouther
Computer programming is like sex: every mistake, and every success, needs lifetime support.
And ...
A million monkeys on a million keyboards will eventually write a Java program. The rest write Perl.
2B || !2B
Not exactly a joke, but interesting that it doesn't show up in a search.
I first saw it back in the 80's.
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Doesn't compute either.Originally Posted by megafiddle
Please, do you curse a musician for failing to credit Beethoven for the Moonlight Sonata? Everyone here knows xkcd when they see it, no crediting is necessary.
there's probably some language out there that allows identifiers that start with a digit or literal hex values without a 0x or &H prefix.Doesn't compute either.
What can this strange device be?
When I touch it, it gives forth a sound
It's got wires that vibrate and give music
What can this thing be that I found?
False comparison. We're talking about an easily copied image on the internet, not a musical performance of staggering beauty.
And I'm sure the vast majority of public performances of Moonlight Sonata are indeed credited.
Regardless, Moonlight Sonata is a very well known piece in our culture, whereas the work of xkcd is not (relatively speaking).
Unfounded assumption. Maybe not everybody here knows xkcd. Or quite possibly non-members might stumble onto this thread and not know the source. The posting of the image implies a respect for the work of the author, so why not fully respect them and give them credit?Everyone here knows xkcd when they see it, no crediting is necessary.
Besides, if everybody thought that way, I never would have known about xkcd myself.
Hope this makes it a little more clear:
What can this strange device be?
When I touch it, it gives forth a sound
It's got wires that vibrate and give music
What can this thing be that I found?
There are 25 kinds of people in this world: those who understand binary and those who don't
I've always seen this one written as "there are 10 types of people in this world..." yours doesn't really make any sense relative to the joke, because 25 is 0x19 hex, 031 octal, and 11001 binary.
on the other hand, there are actually two types of people: those who can extrapolate from incomplete data.
What can this strange device be?
When I touch it, it gives forth a sound
It's got wires that vibrate and give music
What can this thing be that I found?
O_o
There are 10 kinds of people in this world: those who celebrate oct 31
Soma
“Salem Was Wrong!” -- Pedant Necromancer
“Four isn't random!” -- Gibbering Mouther
