The 4th best selling programming book on Amazon
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Tat == Lace (as in what girls like on their knickers!) Old Tat == old and worthless lace.
modified on Friday, March 12, 2010 1:14 AM
Awesome! Second random Brit reference in one week. Heard "Bob's your uncle" while my kid was watching Phineas and Ferb the other day. :thumbsup: Some explanation - I say random becuase I ride with a guy who will occasionally drop what we call Simon-isms while we're out for a long ride. Most times we let them go but Bob's your uncle got us wondering. Why do we never hear these things anywhere else? Now I've heard two in one week coming in from far and wide. Sorry for taking the topic even further off course, but had to share. As you were. :suss:
Mike Devenney
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RogelioP / BASIC-Pascal-C-Logo Spoken Here wrote:
real men don't comment their code
So, real men are poor coders?
SIRVACodeGuy wrote:
So, real men are poor coders?
Not a blanket rule. Commenting code has nothing to do with its performance once it compiles and runs; on that note I could say a thing or two about establishing the quality of a relationship once the "we need to talk" rears its head, but I'll let others come Forth with their own theories. Feels like I already talked too much about it :zzz: -- Rogelio
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SIRVACodeGuy wrote:
So, real men are poor coders?
Not a blanket rule. Commenting code has nothing to do with its performance once it compiles and runs; on that note I could say a thing or two about establishing the quality of a relationship once the "we need to talk" rears its head, but I'll let others come Forth with their own theories. Feels like I already talked too much about it :zzz: -- Rogelio
RogelioP / BASIC-Pascal-C-Logo Spoken Here wrote:
SIRVACodeGuy wrote: So, real men are poor coders? Not a blanket rule. Commenting code has nothing to do with its performance
Has plenty to do with its maintainability, though. I'm a Code Complete fan, and put readability on an equal level with performance. I don't even like maintaining my own code when I fail to comment.
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I have the first edition. :)
Is it good? useful?)
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:wtf: Half of the books on that list are not about programming.
I believe the reason you are seeing that 4th bestselling book (now listed at #5) listed in programming is because Amazon is not distinguishing the difference between computer programming and human programming, a specialization in human psychology where you are programming the mind. This is just a guess.
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Awesome! Second random Brit reference in one week. Heard "Bob's your uncle" while my kid was watching Phineas and Ferb the other day. :thumbsup: Some explanation - I say random becuase I ride with a guy who will occasionally drop what we call Simon-isms while we're out for a long ride. Most times we let them go but Bob's your uncle got us wondering. Why do we never hear these things anywhere else? Now I've heard two in one week coming in from far and wide. Sorry for taking the topic even further off course, but had to share. As you were. :suss:
Mike Devenney
I think "Bob's your uncle" was the name of a small band here in Vancouver BC during the 90's - so the phrase has always stuck in my mind...
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I think "Bob's your uncle" was the name of a small band here in Vancouver BC during the 90's - so the phrase has always stuck in my mind...
There's a companion saying that Simon will add at times which, I assume, means the same thing. "Fannie's your aunt." Maybe you could start a Bob's Your Uncle cover band and call it Fannie's Your Aunt. :doh:
Mike Devenney
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I do all the time. If I go to a bookshop they either: a) Don't have what I want (sacrificing range for mountain-high piles of the latest "bestseller") b) Have a copy, but which has been mercilessly thumbed and dog-eared. c) Are more interested in selling me coffee, magazines or "tat". In summary, modern bookshops are a pile of old arse. I long for the days of the independent, specialist, bookshop - and failing that, I wish they'd reanimate Christina Foyle just for the sheer quirkiness.
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modified on Friday, March 12, 2010 2:28 PM
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Is it good? useful?)
It could be better... didn't read it all though. I expect the second edition will make up for what the first edition lacked.
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This book[^] ranks 4th on Amazon.com bestsellers in the category of programming. Best sellers in programming books[^] I am not sure what to say about it.
And you thought #4 was interesting?
Best selling programming book #46 is How to Improve Your Marriage Without Talking About It.