Are all programmers sarcastic?
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JMK-NI wrote:
So you walk around with a bit of a stupid grin on your face all the time too then?
Quite so! Marc
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Not: if you consider the larval stage of Programmers, where they are only capable of being facetious, or the imago stage (as their newly inflated ego dries off) where they are only capable of being ironic.
«I'm asked why doesn't C# implement feature X all the time. The answer's always the same: because no one ever designed, specified, implemented, tested, documented, shipped that feature. All six of those things are necessary to make a feature happen. They all cost huge amounts of time, effort and money.» Eric Lippert, Microsoft, 2009
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I didn't come here for abuse.
All the more for the rest of us! Whip me, beat me, make me write VB...
Software Zen:
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Maybe not all, but sarcasm is a common feature not only of programmers but also of most engineers. I'd guess it's the end result of having to deal on a daily basis with unreasonable expectations, unrecognized efforts, and the unforgiving nature of the Universe. Myself, I take solace in the fact that one day Skynet will come.
"Whereas smaller computer languages have features designed into them, C++ is unusual in having a whole swathe of functionality discovered, like a tract of 19th century Africa." -- Verity Stob http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/05/05/cplusplus\_cli/
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I'm never sar-car-stick
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The only way a programmer can be non sarcastic is if his software has no users. If his software has no users, he is not a programmer.
To alcohol! The cause of, and solution to, all of life's problems - Homer Simpson ---- Our heads are round so our thoughts can change direction - Francis Picabia
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If I say no, you'll just assume I'm being sarcastic... And so will I. So, "No."
Proud to have finally moved to the A-Ark. Which one are you in?
Author of the Guardians Saga (Sci-Fi/Fantasy novels)Sarcastic is hating. I don't hate, I forgive. I'm not competitive. I don't play Win-Lose. It's win-win or no deal.
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What is this sarcasm you speak of, it's completely new to me ;)
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It's a defense mechanism for all the crap we have to put up with from non-programmers (e.g. managers)
Psychosis at 10 Film at 11 Those who do not remember the past, are doomed to repeat it. Those who do not remember the past, cannot build upon it.
Those who read this quote are doomed to repeat it. - me
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All humans are taught how to use sarcasm. Some humans manage to withhold being sarcastic. Last I heard, all programmers who count (effectively write new code) are human. Therefore I would say that "All programmers are sarcastic" is a false statement. Only 99.999% of them are sarcastic. (That includes me, but I think in this post I'm just sardonic. Didn't revisit that last word in a dictionary so I hope its usage is correct.)
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Yortw wrote:
I'm more interested in whether all programmers are pedantic?
Don't you need to be pedantic to have the patience to learn to program? Pedantic people exhibit huge patience to be with themselves and I think that might be transferred into programming skills.