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  • N NickPace

    Just came across this comment in another programmer's code: /* This method is a total disaster. It works, but stepping through it is a nightmare. The original * programmer and God are probably the only ones who understand it. ENTER AT YOUR OWN RISK!!! */ Gave me a much needed chuckle this morning. Unfortunately, I now need to enter this method to perform some maintenance. Wish me luck! :-D

    -NP Never underestimate the creativity of the end-user.

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    Doctor Nick
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    Best one I've seen: "Sacrificed a live chicken to this beast to get it to work."

    ------------------------------------- Do not do what has already been done. Absolute power corrupts absolutely.. but it ROCKS absolutely, too.

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    • N NickPace

      Just came across this comment in another programmer's code: /* This method is a total disaster. It works, but stepping through it is a nightmare. The original * programmer and God are probably the only ones who understand it. ENTER AT YOUR OWN RISK!!! */ Gave me a much needed chuckle this morning. Unfortunately, I now need to enter this method to perform some maintenance. Wish me luck! :-D

      -NP Never underestimate the creativity of the end-user.

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      NormDroid
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      Sounds like airport code ;)

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      • N NickPace

        Just came across this comment in another programmer's code: /* This method is a total disaster. It works, but stepping through it is a nightmare. The original * programmer and God are probably the only ones who understand it. ENTER AT YOUR OWN RISK!!! */ Gave me a much needed chuckle this morning. Unfortunately, I now need to enter this method to perform some maintenance. Wish me luck! :-D

        -NP Never underestimate the creativity of the end-user.

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        Johnny J
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        If you're not out in 30 minutes we'll call for a search party...

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        • N NickPace

          Just came across this comment in another programmer's code: /* This method is a total disaster. It works, but stepping through it is a nightmare. The original * programmer and God are probably the only ones who understand it. ENTER AT YOUR OWN RISK!!! */ Gave me a much needed chuckle this morning. Unfortunately, I now need to enter this method to perform some maintenance. Wish me luck! :-D

          -NP Never underestimate the creativity of the end-user.

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          CPallini
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          OK, I was the original author and God is still studying it. :rolleyes:

          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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          • N NickPace

            Just came across this comment in another programmer's code: /* This method is a total disaster. It works, but stepping through it is a nightmare. The original * programmer and God are probably the only ones who understand it. ENTER AT YOUR OWN RISK!!! */ Gave me a much needed chuckle this morning. Unfortunately, I now need to enter this method to perform some maintenance. Wish me luck! :-D

            -NP Never underestimate the creativity of the end-user.

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            peterchen
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            I viewed this post, expecting a genuinely helpful and encouraging comment, a shining gem of what I one day could find in the code I work on, and a brilliant example of commenting I can aspire to reflect in my own code. What I found was the typical "look at that bad comment" that you can get from many outlets. I recommend not to trust the titles of this poster blindly, and verify the contents before making any decision. Might not view again.

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            • D Doctor Nick

              Best one I've seen: "Sacrificed a live chicken to this beast to get it to work."

              ------------------------------------- Do not do what has already been done. Absolute power corrupts absolutely.. but it ROCKS absolutely, too.

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              peterchen
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              Not as discouraging as

              // temp workaround, fix before release! 15.3.2003

              FILETIME to time_t
              | FoldWithUs! | sighist | WhoIncludes - Analyzing C++ include file hierarchy

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              • P peterchen

                I viewed this post, expecting a genuinely helpful and encouraging comment, a shining gem of what I one day could find in the code I work on, and a brilliant example of commenting I can aspire to reflect in my own code. What I found was the typical "look at that bad comment" that you can get from many outlets. I recommend not to trust the titles of this poster blindly, and verify the contents before making any decision. Might not view again.

                FILETIME to time_t
                | FoldWithUs! | sighist | WhoIncludes - Analyzing C++ include file hierarchy

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                Johnny J
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                Personally, with the app I'm currently working on, I would be happy if I could find ONE comment to post, good, encouraging, brilliant or otherwise... ;)

                I'm not heavy - I'm KIDNAP RESISTANT...
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                modified on Tuesday, March 1, 2011 10:01 AM

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                • N NickPace

                  Just came across this comment in another programmer's code: /* This method is a total disaster. It works, but stepping through it is a nightmare. The original * programmer and God are probably the only ones who understand it. ENTER AT YOUR OWN RISK!!! */ Gave me a much needed chuckle this morning. Unfortunately, I now need to enter this method to perform some maintenance. Wish me luck! :-D

                  -NP Never underestimate the creativity of the end-user.

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                  :-D Now I remember this funny article by Chris. Amusing article comments[^]

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                  • C CPallini

                    OK, I was the original author and God is still studying it. :rolleyes:

                    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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                    Henry Minute
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                    CPallini wrote:

                    OK, I was the original author and God is still studying it.

                    That's going to take him some time. (S)He's still trying to work out why on earth an (almost) elderly middle-aged Italian would take up running.

                    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.” I wouldn't let CG touch my Abacus! When you're wrestling a gorilla, you don't stop when you're tired, you stop when the gorilla is.

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                    • P peterchen

                      Not as discouraging as

                      // temp workaround, fix before release! 15.3.2003

                      FILETIME to time_t
                      | FoldWithUs! | sighist | WhoIncludes - Analyzing C++ include file hierarchy

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                      Mark_Wallace
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                      peterchen wrote:

                      // temp workaround, fix before release! 15.3.2003

                      That's in VS2010, under Insert > Rubber Stamps.

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

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                      • N NickPace

                        Just came across this comment in another programmer's code: /* This method is a total disaster. It works, but stepping through it is a nightmare. The original * programmer and God are probably the only ones who understand it. ENTER AT YOUR OWN RISK!!! */ Gave me a much needed chuckle this morning. Unfortunately, I now need to enter this method to perform some maintenance. Wish me luck! :-D

                        -NP Never underestimate the creativity of the end-user.

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                        thatraja
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                        NickPace wrote:

                        ENTER AT YOUR OWN RISK

                        The Back Room? ;)

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                        • N NickPace

                          Just came across this comment in another programmer's code: /* This method is a total disaster. It works, but stepping through it is a nightmare. The original * programmer and God are probably the only ones who understand it. ENTER AT YOUR OWN RISK!!! */ Gave me a much needed chuckle this morning. Unfortunately, I now need to enter this method to perform some maintenance. Wish me luck! :-D

                          -NP Never underestimate the creativity of the end-user.

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                          Dan Neely
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                          I've had to port code like that before. A week later a 1000+ line VBA function was 10 or 20 C# methods and free of copy/paste code and gotos. (It wasn't quite as bad as it sounds, since the gotos were only used to flatten indenting instead of something even worse. It's still nothing I'd like to repeat, especially since I became an 'expert' on it and the VBA app lived for some time afterward.)

                          3x12=36 2x12=24 1x12=12 0x12=18

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                          • C CPallini

                            OK, I was the original author and God is still studying it. :rolleyes:

                            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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                            Gregory Gadow
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                            That's because God is a LISP programmer. The Eternal Flame[^] Hear the song[^]

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                              :-D Now I remember this funny article by Chris. Amusing article comments[^]

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                              OriginalGriff
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                              Thanks! I hadn't seen that... I just love the MS bug "Error Message: Your Password Must Be at Least 18770 Characters and Cannot Repeat Any of Your Previous 30689 Passwords" http://support.microsoft.com/kb/q276304/[^] I think it's the way the minimum password length increased "from 17,145 to 18,770 with the installation of SP1" that gets me... :laugh:

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                              • P peterchen

                                Not as discouraging as

                                // temp workaround, fix before release! 15.3.2003

                                FILETIME to time_t
                                | FoldWithUs! | sighist | WhoIncludes - Analyzing C++ include file hierarchy

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                                drummerboy0511
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                                Scary... just a reminder to comment my code well :-D

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                                  Thanks! I hadn't seen that... I just love the MS bug "Error Message: Your Password Must Be at Least 18770 Characters and Cannot Repeat Any of Your Previous 30689 Passwords" http://support.microsoft.com/kb/q276304/[^] I think it's the way the minimum password length increased "from 17,145 to 18,770 with the installation of SP1" that gets me... :laugh:

                                  Real men don't use instructions. They are only the manufacturers opinion on how to put the thing together. Digital man: "You are, in short, an idiot with the IQ of an ant and the intellectual capacity of a hose pipe."

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                                  thatraja
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                                  OriginalGriff wrote:

                                  Thanks! I hadn't seen that...

                                  You welcome, BTW Also I found this one only on last month while surfing CP. Chris may update this then it will be massive funny collection. :)

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                                    CPallini wrote:

                                    OK, I was the original author and God is still studying it.

                                    That's going to take him some time. (S)He's still trying to work out why on earth an (almost) elderly middle-aged Italian would take up running.

                                    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.” I wouldn't let CG touch my Abacus! When you're wrestling a gorilla, you don't stop when you're tired, you stop when the gorilla is.

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                                    CPallini
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                                    Henry Minute wrote:

                                    (S)He's still trying to work out why on earth an (almost) elderly middle-aged Italian would take up running.

                                    She(He)'s still trying to work out why on earth an (almost) elderly middle-aged Italian would take up running, vainly attempting to beat Henry's record. FFY. :)

                                    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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                                    • N NickPace

                                      Just came across this comment in another programmer's code: /* This method is a total disaster. It works, but stepping through it is a nightmare. The original * programmer and God are probably the only ones who understand it. ENTER AT YOUR OWN RISK!!! */ Gave me a much needed chuckle this morning. Unfortunately, I now need to enter this method to perform some maintenance. Wish me luck! :-D

                                      -NP Never underestimate the creativity of the end-user.

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                                      I found this about five years ago in some C++ code: // the code below is less broken than the code // above, but leave it commented out. The funny thing about it was that neither block of code was commented out.

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                                      • N NickPace

                                        Just came across this comment in another programmer's code: /* This method is a total disaster. It works, but stepping through it is a nightmare. The original * programmer and God are probably the only ones who understand it. ENTER AT YOUR OWN RISK!!! */ Gave me a much needed chuckle this morning. Unfortunately, I now need to enter this method to perform some maintenance. Wish me luck! :-D

                                        -NP Never underestimate the creativity of the end-user.

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                                        • P peterchen

                                          Not as discouraging as

                                          // temp workaround, fix before release! 15.3.2003

                                          FILETIME to time_t
                                          | FoldWithUs! | sighist | WhoIncludes - Analyzing C++ include file hierarchy

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                                          Ravi Sant
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                                          lol :laugh: this is amazing. The programmer who is in current state is bound to freeze on reading this!

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