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Sometimes, People code what you say... just what you say

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    Lost User
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    Came across this wonderful piece of code: providerName="System.Data.SequelClient" Took a while to spot! :)

    - Bits and Bytes Rules! 10(jk)

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      Came across this wonderful piece of code: providerName="System.Data.SequelClient" Took a while to spot! :)

      - Bits and Bytes Rules! 10(jk)

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      musefan
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      Takes me back to my first year of uni. I remember one guy who used to think the IDE was simply a way to talk to the computer, he would literal write text as if he was telling it what to do - and this was after a good few lessons. Needless to say he didn't survive the year imagine...

      what is your age?

      write the users age

      tell the user next year he will be a year older!

      OK, so not quite like that but he would basically write the phrases the lecturer used to describe what to do...

      create an int

      set the int based on the users input

      add 1 to the int

      tell the user next year he will be 1 year older

      perhaps he thought he was on a transcribing course

      I may or may not be responsible for my own actions

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        Takes me back to my first year of uni. I remember one guy who used to think the IDE was simply a way to talk to the computer, he would literal write text as if he was telling it what to do - and this was after a good few lessons. Needless to say he didn't survive the year imagine...

        what is your age?

        write the users age

        tell the user next year he will be a year older!

        OK, so not quite like that but he would basically write the phrases the lecturer used to describe what to do...

        create an int

        set the int based on the users input

        add 1 to the int

        tell the user next year he will be 1 year older

        perhaps he thought he was on a transcribing course

        I may or may not be responsible for my own actions

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        Paladin2000
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        Maybe he was writing pseudocode, and forgot to wrap it in a comment block..? :confused:

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        • L Lost User

          Came across this wonderful piece of code: providerName="System.Data.SequelClient" Took a while to spot! :)

          - Bits and Bytes Rules! 10(jk)

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          RobCroll
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          Is that the sequel where Russell Crow plays the mild-mannered DBA?

          "You get that on the big jobs."

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          • L Lost User

            Came across this wonderful piece of code: providerName="System.Data.SequelClient" Took a while to spot! :)

            - Bits and Bytes Rules! 10(jk)

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            R Erasmus
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            lol, and he didn't even debug to check whether it worked?

            "Program testing can be used to show the presence of bugs, but never to show their absence." << please vote!! >>

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            • L Lost User

              Came across this wonderful piece of code: providerName="System.Data.SequelClient" Took a while to spot! :)

              - Bits and Bytes Rules! 10(jk)

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              fjdiewornncalwe
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              Probably not much of a horror as it wouldn't compile and therefore can't get into the main code base... Of course it could if the dev created a custom System.Data.SequelClient class. Hmmm. Sounds like an easter egg in the making for an auto upgrade engine.

              I wasn't, now I am, then I won't be anymore.

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                Came across this wonderful piece of code: providerName="System.Data.SequelClient" Took a while to spot! :)

                - Bits and Bytes Rules! 10(jk)

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                Chris Meech
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                There's someone working on a compiler for that. Just so you could write computer programs in natural English. :)

                Chris Meech I am Canadian. [heard in a local bar] In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice there is. [Yogi Berra] posting about Crystal Reports here is like discussing gay marriage on a catholic church’s website.[Nishant Sivakumar]

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                  Maybe he was writing pseudocode, and forgot to wrap it in a comment block..? :confused:

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                  Pravin Patil Mumbai
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                  :lol

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                    There's someone working on a compiler for that. Just so you could write computer programs in natural English. :)

                    Chris Meech I am Canadian. [heard in a local bar] In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice there is. [Yogi Berra] posting about Crystal Reports here is like discussing gay marriage on a catholic church’s website.[Nishant Sivakumar]

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                    drummerboy0511
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                    Dude... that would never happen.

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                      Dude... that would never happen.

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                      Chris Meech
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                      I know I'll regret this, but sometimes even I can't help myself. Follow this link[^]. :)

                      Chris Meech I am Canadian. [heard in a local bar] In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice there is. [Yogi Berra] posting about Crystal Reports here is like discussing gay marriage on a catholic church’s website.[Nishant Sivakumar]

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