Programming's Foul Language

[Philip Laureano]

public void InSpace()
{
try
{
// Scream...
you.Scream();
}
catch(Exception ex)
{
// No one can hear you...
}
}

Do you know...LinFu?

[Steve Ungstad]

1. Any code that uses disk files for temporary variable storage. It means speed is throttled by disk IO, which makes delayed write required, which threatens the entire system file system. 2. Yes: "Option base 1" is such a bad idea. 3. Any do-nothing wait loop without an abort mechanism: the HP/RMB BASIC "WAIT {seconds}" would stop the whole machine, including the display and IO while it did nothing. 4. Any compiler that allows uninitialized variables. Random values cause unpredictable behavior/crashes. 5. Any (real time/ ISR) code that will stack overflow if the CPU is too slow. ...etc

[Vikram A Punathambekar]

Really? I loved checked exceptions when I was programming in Java. I have the backing of at least one more highly-respected CPian. :)

Cheers, Vikram. (Proud to have finally cracked a CCC!)

[Rajesh R Subramanian]

Sleep(1000); X|

It is a crappy thing, but it's life -^ Carlo Pallini

[Mark_Wallace]

Mustafa Ismail Mustafa wrote:

EVERY time I read your signature, I cringe :shudder:

These days, I have a hard time cutting bread without cringing.

I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!

[Kr0d]

COM and Interop

[JasonPSage]

like the word gay has lost it's original meaning - a shame it is... so to is the word "net" ... now when I hear "net" or "dot net" I shrudder

Know way too many languages... master of none!

[Yortw]

Awesome ! At least dropping the case sensitivity... I'm kinda used to the semi-colon now ;P

[Mark_Wallace]

Rama Krishna Vavilala wrote:

So I guess at CP does not ask programmers to write documents.

Nobody should ask programmers to write documents. Documents written by programmers are the bane of my existence.

I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!

[dmitri_sps]

Kidding ? :omg: Coding without it is like using FORTRAN: do not catch anything, or enclose all code in try/catch, just in case ;P

[keozcigisoft]

Java, COM, COM+, Interpreted languages, SOA

[Jorgen Sigvardsson]

QueryInterface() was a part of IUnknown... ;P

-- Kein Mitleid Für Die Mehrheit

[Jorgen Sigvardsson]

SIGBUS wasn't so hot either.

-- Kein Mitleid Für Die Mehrheit

[Brady Kelly]

StartDate nvarchar(20) default ''

[Brady Kelly]

I got over that very quickly and now can't figure why people miss it. Just use a short named local.

[Brady Kelly]

You can use an initialiser for your Nodes collection as well.

[Brady Kelly]

Are you mad Sir?

[Brady Kelly]

I like writing documents. :)

[PIEBALDconsult]

(There was supposed to be some sexual connotation in there. :~ ) But I do dislike the prolific use of the things.

[dazfuller]

Anything where there is a comment reading something like

// This is a temporary fix, remove as soon as possible

But it's still in there 3 years later!