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    Optimus Chaos
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    Not long ago my company hired another software company to develop a tool for us, because we didn't have the resources to do it ourselves at that time. After they delivered several versions that were all buggy and did not work properly we took the code and I had to finish it. Some endless loops and horrible try { ... } catch { // do nothing here } later I discovered the following beauty in the code: public bool AskForSureBox(string Message, string Title) { MessageBox.Show(Message, Title, MessageBoxButtons.YesNo); if (DialogResult.Yes.ToString() == "Yes") return true; else return false; } I afterwards took the liberty to write to the CEO of that company, asking him how long the programmer who wrote the code was already coding for his company... Until today I didn't get an answer. Have fun coding!

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      Not long ago my company hired another software company to develop a tool for us, because we didn't have the resources to do it ourselves at that time. After they delivered several versions that were all buggy and did not work properly we took the code and I had to finish it. Some endless loops and horrible try { ... } catch { // do nothing here } later I discovered the following beauty in the code: public bool AskForSureBox(string Message, string Title) { MessageBox.Show(Message, Title, MessageBoxButtons.YesNo); if (DialogResult.Yes.ToString() == "Yes") return true; else return false; } I afterwards took the liberty to write to the CEO of that company, asking him how long the programmer who wrote the code was already coding for his company... Until today I didn't get an answer. Have fun coding!

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      BadKarma
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      Thanks for sharing this beauty. It has give me hope to crawl to the rest of my day:-D

      codito ergo sum

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        Not long ago my company hired another software company to develop a tool for us, because we didn't have the resources to do it ourselves at that time. After they delivered several versions that were all buggy and did not work properly we took the code and I had to finish it. Some endless loops and horrible try { ... } catch { // do nothing here } later I discovered the following beauty in the code: public bool AskForSureBox(string Message, string Title) { MessageBox.Show(Message, Title, MessageBoxButtons.YesNo); if (DialogResult.Yes.ToString() == "Yes") return true; else return false; } I afterwards took the liberty to write to the CEO of that company, asking him how long the programmer who wrote the code was already coding for his company... Until today I didn't get an answer. Have fun coding!

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        Optimus Chaos wrote:

        I afterwards took the liberty to write to the CEO of that company, asking him how long the programmer who wrote the code was already coding for his company... Until today I didn't get an answer.

        and let me guess, the person responsible is the ceo's favorite child.

        -- You have to explain to them [VB coders] what you mean by "typed". their first response is likely to be something like, "Of course my code is typed. Do you think i magically project it onto the screen with the power of my mind?" --- John Simmons / outlaw programmer

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          Not long ago my company hired another software company to develop a tool for us, because we didn't have the resources to do it ourselves at that time. After they delivered several versions that were all buggy and did not work properly we took the code and I had to finish it. Some endless loops and horrible try { ... } catch { // do nothing here } later I discovered the following beauty in the code: public bool AskForSureBox(string Message, string Title) { MessageBox.Show(Message, Title, MessageBoxButtons.YesNo); if (DialogResult.Yes.ToString() == "Yes") return true; else return false; } I afterwards took the liberty to write to the CEO of that company, asking him how long the programmer who wrote the code was already coding for his company... Until today I didn't get an answer. Have fun coding!

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          Dave Kreskowiak
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          It was probably the CEO who wrote it!

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            It was probably the CEO who wrote it!

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            Pete OHanlon
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            Nah - CEO's only code in Excel.

            Deja View - the feeling that you've seen this post before.

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              Nah - CEO's only code in Excel.

              Deja View - the feeling that you've seen this post before.

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              ScottM1
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              Here is another good one int a = 5; if (a == a) { a = a + 1; } :wtf:

              There are 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who dont.

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                Not long ago my company hired another software company to develop a tool for us, because we didn't have the resources to do it ourselves at that time. After they delivered several versions that were all buggy and did not work properly we took the code and I had to finish it. Some endless loops and horrible try { ... } catch { // do nothing here } later I discovered the following beauty in the code: public bool AskForSureBox(string Message, string Title) { MessageBox.Show(Message, Title, MessageBoxButtons.YesNo); if (DialogResult.Yes.ToString() == "Yes") return true; else return false; } I afterwards took the liberty to write to the CEO of that company, asking him how long the programmer who wrote the code was already coding for his company... Until today I didn't get an answer. Have fun coding!

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                Kochise
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                See http://www.codeproject.com/lounge.asp?msg=2029905#xx2029905xx ! Answer : because there is even more inefficient architects/managers that hire them... Kochise

                In Code we trust !

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                • O Optimus Chaos

                  Not long ago my company hired another software company to develop a tool for us, because we didn't have the resources to do it ourselves at that time. After they delivered several versions that were all buggy and did not work properly we took the code and I had to finish it. Some endless loops and horrible try { ... } catch { // do nothing here } later I discovered the following beauty in the code: public bool AskForSureBox(string Message, string Title) { MessageBox.Show(Message, Title, MessageBoxButtons.YesNo); if (DialogResult.Yes.ToString() == "Yes") return true; else return false; } I afterwards took the liberty to write to the CEO of that company, asking him how long the programmer who wrote the code was already coding for his company... Until today I didn't get an answer. Have fun coding!

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                  Well at least it wasn't simply copied and pasted from a disc that came with a book.

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                    Here is another good one int a = 5; if (a == a) { a = a + 1; } :wtf:

                    There are 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who dont.

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                    Mike Hankey
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                    Thanks for sharing that..I got one hell of a laugh outta it. Even my 16 y.o. non-programming son knew it was screwed. Mike

                    Light travels faster than sound. That's why some people appear right until you hear them speak.

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                      Not long ago my company hired another software company to develop a tool for us, because we didn't have the resources to do it ourselves at that time. After they delivered several versions that were all buggy and did not work properly we took the code and I had to finish it. Some endless loops and horrible try { ... } catch { // do nothing here } later I discovered the following beauty in the code: public bool AskForSureBox(string Message, string Title) { MessageBox.Show(Message, Title, MessageBoxButtons.YesNo); if (DialogResult.Yes.ToString() == "Yes") return true; else return false; } I afterwards took the liberty to write to the CEO of that company, asking him how long the programmer who wrote the code was already coding for his company... Until today I didn't get an answer. Have fun coding!

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                      Mike Hankey
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                      Yet another Gem to prove that there are some people out there that should choose another career! Mike

                      Light travels faster than sound. That's why some people appear right until you hear them speak.

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                        Not long ago my company hired another software company to develop a tool for us, because we didn't have the resources to do it ourselves at that time. After they delivered several versions that were all buggy and did not work properly we took the code and I had to finish it. Some endless loops and horrible try { ... } catch { // do nothing here } later I discovered the following beauty in the code: public bool AskForSureBox(string Message, string Title) { MessageBox.Show(Message, Title, MessageBoxButtons.YesNo); if (DialogResult.Yes.ToString() == "Yes") return true; else return false; } I afterwards took the liberty to write to the CEO of that company, asking him how long the programmer who wrote the code was already coding for his company... Until today I didn't get an answer. Have fun coding!

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                        BAIJUMAX
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                        Simple Ans to the Q? , May be u r company paying them on the basis of , line count ( i hope u people have better code line count tool which skip spaces;) ) Warm Regards BAIJUMAX "Its Hard To Find Right & Wrong In This World , Simply Everything Is Relative."

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                          Simple Ans to the Q? , May be u r company paying them on the basis of , line count ( i hope u people have better code line count tool which skip spaces;) ) Warm Regards BAIJUMAX "Its Hard To Find Right & Wrong In This World , Simply Everything Is Relative."

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                          Vikram A Punathambekar
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                          Read it again - the return value is *always* going to be true.

                          Cheers, Vıkram.


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                            Read it again - the return value is *always* going to be true.

                            Cheers, Vıkram.


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                            BAIJUMAX
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                            Ohhhhhhh that's right , perhaps didn't notice this statement "DialogResult.Yes.ToString() == "Yes"" :laugh:

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                              Not long ago my company hired another software company to develop a tool for us, because we didn't have the resources to do it ourselves at that time. After they delivered several versions that were all buggy and did not work properly we took the code and I had to finish it. Some endless loops and horrible try { ... } catch { // do nothing here } later I discovered the following beauty in the code: public bool AskForSureBox(string Message, string Title) { MessageBox.Show(Message, Title, MessageBoxButtons.YesNo); if (DialogResult.Yes.ToString() == "Yes") return true; else return false; } I afterwards took the liberty to write to the CEO of that company, asking him how long the programmer who wrote the code was already coding for his company... Until today I didn't get an answer. Have fun coding!

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                              it's brilliant on so many levels. always good to have a laugh on a friday afternoon. Russ

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                                Not long ago my company hired another software company to develop a tool for us, because we didn't have the resources to do it ourselves at that time. After they delivered several versions that were all buggy and did not work properly we took the code and I had to finish it. Some endless loops and horrible try { ... } catch { // do nothing here } later I discovered the following beauty in the code: public bool AskForSureBox(string Message, string Title) { MessageBox.Show(Message, Title, MessageBoxButtons.YesNo); if (DialogResult.Yes.ToString() == "Yes") return true; else return false; } I afterwards took the liberty to write to the CEO of that company, asking him how long the programmer who wrote the code was already coding for his company... Until today I didn't get an answer. Have fun coding!

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                                Paul Conrad
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                                Here is my version :-> private bool AskForSureBox(string Message) { return MessageBox.Show(Message, "Are you sure?", MessageBoxButtons.YesNo) == DialogResult.Yes; } I just couldn't see passing Title as a parameter, and it is nice that there is no decisions to branch on. Clean execution path of this code :-D

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                                  Not long ago my company hired another software company to develop a tool for us, because we didn't have the resources to do it ourselves at that time. After they delivered several versions that were all buggy and did not work properly we took the code and I had to finish it. Some endless loops and horrible try { ... } catch { // do nothing here } later I discovered the following beauty in the code: public bool AskForSureBox(string Message, string Title) { MessageBox.Show(Message, Title, MessageBoxButtons.YesNo); if (DialogResult.Yes.ToString() == "Yes") return true; else return false; } I afterwards took the liberty to write to the CEO of that company, asking him how long the programmer who wrote the code was already coding for his company... Until today I didn't get an answer. Have fun coding!

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                                  Sylvester george
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                                  Think differently means this is the one.

                                  Regards, Sylvester G sylvester_g_m@yahoo.com

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