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    CPallini wrote:

    real programmers don't use IDEs

    Pfft. You're not a real programmer until you've built your own compiler.

    OSDev :)

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    CPallini
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    Real programmers don't need a compiler.

    If the Lord God Almighty had consulted me before embarking upon the Creation, I would have recommended something simpler. -- Alfonso the Wise, 13th Century King of Castile.
    This is going on my arrogant assumptions. You may have a superb reason why I'm completely wrong. -- Iain Clarke
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      Real programmers don't need a compiler.

      If the Lord God Almighty had consulted me before embarking upon the Creation, I would have recommended something simpler. -- Alfonso the Wise, 13th Century King of Castile.
      This is going on my arrogant assumptions. You may have a superb reason why I'm completely wrong. -- Iain Clarke
      [My articles]

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      0x3c0
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      Real programmers don't need to program. They just manipulate the EM field generated by their brain so as to cause electrical anomalies which translate to hexadecimal instructions and machine code inside the processor.

      OSDev :)

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        // to do: handle error

        :)

        If the Lord God Almighty had consulted me before embarking upon the Creation, I would have recommended something simpler. -- Alfonso the Wise, 13th Century King of Castile.
        This is going on my arrogant assumptions. You may have a superb reason why I'm completely wrong. -- Iain Clarke
        [My articles]

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        Jorgen Sigvardsson
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        I tend to comment those like this in C++: assert(!"TODO: Handle error!"); or System.Diagnostics.Debug.Assert(false, "TODO: Handle error!"); in C#.

        -- Kein Mitleid Für Die Mehrheit

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          CPallini wrote:

          real programmers don't use IDEs

          Pfft. You're not a real programmer until you've built your own compiler.

          OSDev :)

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          Roger Wright
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          Hmph.. I did that 34 years ago, and I still can't program worth a damn. :doh:

          "A Journey of a Thousand Rest Stops Begins with a Single Movement"

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          • B Brady Kelly

            Mine is, "// TODO Still a big f*****g mystery why Category object in KpiAggregateCriteria has null UnitOfMeasure and DisplayFormat." It is in fact because EF doesn't load association sets automatically, unless they are explicitly projected in your query.

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            Roger Wright
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            "Why the phuque doesn't this thing work???? I copied it from MSDN!!!! Grrrrr!!!!" I'm going to program that into a key macro, just to save some time this year.

            "A Journey of a Thousand Rest Stops Begins with a Single Movement"

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              Real programmers don't need to program. They just manipulate the EM field generated by their brain so as to cause electrical anomalies which translate to hexadecimal instructions and machine code inside the processor.

              OSDev :)

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              Kerrash
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              I thought real programmers used butterflies? :laugh:

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                Real programmers don't need to program. They just manipulate the EM field generated by their brain so as to cause electrical anomalies which translate to hexadecimal instructions and machine code inside the processor.

                OSDev :)

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                John Oxley
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                You can do that with Emacs you know...

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                • B Brady Kelly

                  Mine is, "// TODO Still a big f*****g mystery why Category object in KpiAggregateCriteria has null UnitOfMeasure and DisplayFormat." It is in fact because EF doesn't load association sets automatically, unless they are explicitly projected in your query.

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                  Lost User
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                  one in signature :laugh:

                  Ravie Busie Coding is my birth-right and bugs are part of feature my code has!

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                  • B Brady Kelly

                    Mine is, "// TODO Still a big f*****g mystery why Category object in KpiAggregateCriteria has null UnitOfMeasure and DisplayFormat." It is in fact because EF doesn't load association sets automatically, unless they are explicitly projected in your query.

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                    dazfuller
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                    // If we got here then we are really in trouble That and the numerous "Doing this to work around a Microsoft Bug" comments littered through the code

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                    • B Brady Kelly

                      Mine is, "// TODO Still a big f*****g mystery why Category object in KpiAggregateCriteria has null UnitOfMeasure and DisplayFormat." It is in fact because EF doesn't load association sets automatically, unless they are explicitly projected in your query.

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                      novice__geek
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                      //Write comment for the method below I usually feel very lazy to write comments (I know its a bad practice)... I wrote the above once for a C# application I was writing.

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                      • B Brady Kelly

                        Mine is, "// TODO Still a big f*****g mystery why Category object in KpiAggregateCriteria has null UnitOfMeasure and DisplayFormat." It is in fact because EF doesn't load association sets automatically, unless they are explicitly projected in your query.

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                        descenterace
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                        In the middle of a 1700-line JS file: // <magic type='black'> [... 150-line Javascript function, returning a factory function to create and track state for a UI widget which, strictly speaking, should not work ...] // </magic> Some time ago, that same file started with a comment along the lines of: // abandon hope all ye who enter here I think I may have to restore that comment.

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                        • B Brady Kelly

                          Mine is, "// TODO Still a big f*****g mystery why Category object in KpiAggregateCriteria has null UnitOfMeasure and DisplayFormat." It is in fact because EF doesn't load association sets automatically, unless they are explicitly projected in your query.

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                          franky1987
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                          // I don't know what this method does ... but it works !!

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                          • B Brady Kelly

                            Mine is, "// TODO Still a big f*****g mystery why Category object in KpiAggregateCriteria has null UnitOfMeasure and DisplayFormat." It is in fact because EF doesn't load association sets automatically, unless they are explicitly projected in your query.

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                            Member 4593559
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                            Not my comment, but it is one of my all time favourites :

                            static const double c_PI = 3.14159265358979323846; //mmmmmmm PI

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                            • B Brady Kelly

                              Mine is, "// TODO Still a big f*****g mystery why Category object in KpiAggregateCriteria has null UnitOfMeasure and DisplayFormat." It is in fact because EF doesn't load association sets automatically, unless they are explicitly projected in your query.

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                              RedZombie125
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                              Mine's /*       This is the main file; it does almost nothing except start up       the application and keep the main message loop going. It's pretty       important despite that last sentence. That's why it's labeled       "main" and not something like "coconut" or "unimportant, delete on sight" */ :-O <---- What is this thing? :confused:

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                                Mine is, "// TODO Still a big f*****g mystery why Category object in KpiAggregateCriteria has null UnitOfMeasure and DisplayFormat." It is in fact because EF doesn't load association sets automatically, unless they are explicitly projected in your query.

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                                Warren Hales
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                                Found this one around a task list on a web page ... // It's my tasklist and I will cry if I want too ...

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                                  Real programmers don't need to program. They just manipulate the EM field generated by their brain so as to cause electrical anomalies which translate to hexadecimal instructions and machine code inside the processor.

                                  OSDev :)

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                                  Fabio Franco
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                                  That would be electric pulses generated by induction produced by variable EM field of the brain.

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                                    CPallini wrote:

                                    real programmers don't use IDEs

                                    Pfft. You're not a real programmer until you've built your own compiler.

                                    OSDev :)

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                                    Fabio Franco
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                                    Real Programmer[^]

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                                    • B Brady Kelly

                                      Mine is, "// TODO Still a big f*****g mystery why Category object in KpiAggregateCriteria has null UnitOfMeasure and DisplayFormat." It is in fact because EF doesn't load association sets automatically, unless they are explicitly projected in your query.

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                                      IncredibleMouse
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                                      // Do [insert a paragraph about a complex process] (( Not yet implemented ))

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                                      • B Brady Kelly

                                        Mine is, "// TODO Still a big f*****g mystery why Category object in KpiAggregateCriteria has null UnitOfMeasure and DisplayFormat." It is in fact because EF doesn't load association sets automatically, unless they are explicitly projected in your query.

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                                        Dave Sexton
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                                        I litter my code with trinkets for the other members of the team and as little gems for the future. With over 500 assemblies and millions of lines of code, the chances of finding comments ranging from the mundane to the hilarious are pretty slim. Apart from the standard // Workaround for & // to do: there are: /* you're the real thing, yeah the real thing, even better than the real thing. :ds */ (under a particularly crafty bit of genius) // f*** direct debits, I wanna go home :ds (after a particularly long night wrestling with a settlement instruction file) // who's yer daddy? :ds (above call to an inherited method) I still comment my code adequately with "normal" comments. Just find this makes code more fun to read.

                                        But fortunately we have the nanny-state politicians who can step in to protect us poor stupid consumers, most of whom would not know a JVM from a frozen chicken. Bruce Pierson
                                        Because programming is an art, not a science. Marc Clifton
                                        I gave up when I couldn't spell "egg". Justine Allen

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                                          Real programmers don't need to program. They just manipulate the EM field generated by their brain so as to cause electrical anomalies which translate to hexadecimal instructions and machine code inside the processor.

                                          OSDev :)

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                                          Fahad Sadah
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                                          Real programmers don't need processors.

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