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  • M Mark Salsbery

    O M G :wtf: This one has to hold the record for most WTFs in the comments :laugh: Worse Than Failure[^]

    "Go that way, really fast. If something gets in your way, turn."

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    NormDroid
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    He should of opted for: public static long Factorial(long fact) { return fact == 1 ? fact : fact * Factorial(fact-1); } hope nobodies watching or this could end up answering some kiddies homework ;)

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      He should of opted for: public static long Factorial(long fact) { return fact == 1 ? fact : fact * Factorial(fact-1); } hope nobodies watching or this could end up answering some kiddies homework ;)

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      Matthew Bache
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      norm .net wrote:

      return fact == 1 ? fact : fact * Factorial(fact-1);

      what about the case of 0! = 1 I think you just ploughed into a stack overflow. :-D

      Matt

      if ( ! pMatt->isEnjoying("Sales") )
      {
      pMatt->retrain("Computer Science");
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      • M Matthew Bache

        norm .net wrote:

        return fact == 1 ? fact : fact * Factorial(fact-1);

        what about the case of 0! = 1 I think you just ploughed into a stack overflow. :-D

        Matt

        if ( ! pMatt->isEnjoying("Sales") )
        {
        pMatt->retrain("Computer Science");
        pMatt->getNewJob("Developer");
        }

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        NormDroid
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        Whhops didn't read your post :-O

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        • M Marc Clifton

          Jerry Hammond wrote:

          but in the context of your post your misspelling of disgusting is disgusting.

          :) I thought it looked odd, but couldn't think of why. Chalk it up to that old age disease I won't try spelling write now. Marc

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          Jerry Hammond
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          Commonly known as a +40 moment.

          "We are all repositories for genetically-encoded information that we're all spreading back and forth amongst each other, all the time. We're just lousy with information." - Neal Stephenson

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          • M Mark Salsbery

            O M G :wtf: This one has to hold the record for most WTFs in the comments :laugh: Worse Than Failure[^]

            "Go that way, really fast. If something gets in your way, turn."

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            Matt Newman
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            Under pressure I probably would have had problems remembering how to do factorial because I haven't done in in like 3 years... That said the last time I did do it, I did it in MIPS Assembly (which could not have been any less fun).

            Please visit http://www.readytogiveup.com/ and do something special today.

            -Matt Newman

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            • M Matt Newman

              Under pressure I probably would have had problems remembering how to do factorial because I haven't done in in like 3 years... That said the last time I did do it, I did it in MIPS Assembly (which could not have been any less fun).

              Please visit http://www.readytogiveup.com/ and do something special today.

              -Matt Newman

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              Dan Neely
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              Matt Newman wrote:

              MIPS Assembly (which could not have been any less fun).

              :rose: MY sympathies. I had to do MIPS assembly in college too. While I fully understand not wanting to deal with the cheating that x86 would allow I can't think of any more useless language to've learned. Was the emulator still a pile of dog turds when you suffered through it?

              -- 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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              • D Dan Neely

                Matt Newman wrote:

                MIPS Assembly (which could not have been any less fun).

                :rose: MY sympathies. I had to do MIPS assembly in college too. While I fully understand not wanting to deal with the cheating that x86 would allow I can't think of any more useless language to've learned. Was the emulator still a pile of dog turds when you suffered through it?

                -- 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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                Matt Newman
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                dan neely wrote:

                Was the emulator still a pile of dog turds when you suffered through it?

                Yes, yes it was!

                Please visit http://www.readytogiveup.com/ and do something special today.

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                • L llamadillo

                  My favorite part about the reader comments is how so many of them - confidently - misunderstand the code they're ripping apart. You don't get that much around here. Most of the posters are able to programmatically tie their shoes, so to speak.

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                  Mark Salsbery
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                  llamadillo wrote:

                  My favorite part about the reader comments is how so many of them - confidently - misunderstand the code they're ripping apart.

                  Exactly! I don't always read the comments, so maybe it happens more than I know, but there seemed to be an excessive amount of those in that post :) Cheers, Mark

                  "Go that way, really fast. If something gets in your way, turn."

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                  • N NormDroid

                    He should of opted for: public static long Factorial(long fact) { return fact == 1 ? fact : fact * Factorial(fact-1); } hope nobodies watching or this could end up answering some kiddies homework ;)

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                    Mark Salsbery
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                    :-D

                    "Go that way, really fast. If something gets in your way, turn."

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                    • M Matt Newman

                      Under pressure I probably would have had problems remembering how to do factorial because I haven't done in in like 3 years... That said the last time I did do it, I did it in MIPS Assembly (which could not have been any less fun).

                      Please visit http://www.readytogiveup.com/ and do something special today.

                      -Matt Newman

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                      Mark Salsbery
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                      Matt Newman wrote:

                      MIPS Assembly

                      Hmmm....I wonder if that's the assembly I learned in college. It was so long ago I have no idea! I do remember I was doing Z80 assembly as a hobby and driving the professor nuts with questions totally unrelated to the course :) Cheers! Mark

                      "Go that way, really fast. If something gets in your way, turn."

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                      • M Mark Salsbery

                        llamadillo wrote:

                        My favorite part about the reader comments is how so many of them - confidently - misunderstand the code they're ripping apart.

                        Exactly! I don't always read the comments, so maybe it happens more than I know, but there seemed to be an excessive amount of those in that post :) Cheers, Mark

                        "Go that way, really fast. If something gets in your way, turn."

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                        Dan Neely
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                        Mark Salsbery wrote:

                        llamadillo wrote: My favorite part about the reader comments is how so many of them - confidently - misunderstand the code they're ripping apart. Exactly! I don't always read the comments, so maybe it happens more than I know, but there seemed to be an excessive amount of those in that post

                        I see that sort of thing almost everytime I read comments about WTFy homework/interview code.

                        -- 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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