My new word of the day [modified]

[Lost User]

Gary Wheeler wrote:

the process of reducing the idiocy level in a piece of code, so that is no longer does dumb things

Shouldn't that be Destupidfy?

[Richard Blythe]

Shouldn't this definition be apply to the programmer? On second thought, I don't know if there's a cure for idiocy. :)

Be nice to your kids. They'll choose your nursing home.
My Articles   Developer's Best Friend

[Abhinav S]

Gary Wheeler wrote:

destupid

We should start a developer's most commonly used word forum, just like the one we have for managers. This particular word (destupid) would go right to the top. "Refactor" would be my addition - I use it often. There are performance issues and the code needs to be "refactored" and I would be needing 2 more days. Works all the time with management. :)

The funniest thing about this particular signature is that by the time you realise it doesn't say anything it's too late to stop reading it. My latest tip/trick - Silverlight *.XCP files. Visit the Hindi forum here.

[Pualee]

That might be a manager word, because we only use it to appease the managers and get them off our backs. Every other coder knows your really just destupifying the original author's work.

[OriginalGriff]

Richard Blythe wrote:

I don't know if there's a cure for idiocy

Baseball bat

Real men don't use instructions. They are only the manufacturers opinion on how to put the thing together.

[Richard Blythe]

...And the pink slip that has "Fired" written across the top.

Be nice to your kids. They'll choose your nursing home.
My Articles   Developer's Best Friend

[Kevin Marois]

We have "un-de-refactor" here at work.

Everything makes sense in someone's mind

[Henry Minute]

Kevin Marois wrote:

We have "un-de-refactor" here at work.

Or, as we call it. A wedgie. :)

Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.”

[RaviBee]

"destupidify", perhaps? [edit] Never mind - I just saw the next post. :) [/edit] /ravi

My new year resolution: 2048 x 1536 Home | Articles | My .NET bits | Freeware ravib(at)ravib(dot)com

[Mark_Wallace]

"Dedumb" would be better, because it at least lets you hum the Pink Panther tune while you're working.

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

[Gary Wheeler]

Awesome! :cool: My 5... :laugh:

Software Zen: delete this;