Zen programming
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I'm working on a project that has required translating some source code comments from Japanese to English. In some cases, I've relied on a web-based translator. Sometimes the results are... illuminating.:confused: Here's one example from today: The web translator said: "For success one must aquire one's self" My translation based on the code: "If the copy of the this pointer is valid, return true. :-D:-D:-D Great, huh? Marshall If you continue to do the same things you always did,
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I'm working on a project that has required translating some source code comments from Japanese to English. In some cases, I've relied on a web-based translator. Sometimes the results are... illuminating.:confused: Here's one example from today: The web translator said: "For success one must aquire one's self" My translation based on the code: "If the copy of the this pointer is valid, return true. :-D:-D:-D Great, huh? Marshall If you continue to do the same things you always did,
don't be surprised if you get the same results you always got.Awesome! The "Ghost in the Machine" has spoken. It is ok for women not to like sports, so long as they nod in the right places and bring beers at the right times.
Paul Watson, on Sports - 2/10/2003 -
I'm working on a project that has required translating some source code comments from Japanese to English. In some cases, I've relied on a web-based translator. Sometimes the results are... illuminating.:confused: Here's one example from today: The web translator said: "For success one must aquire one's self" My translation based on the code: "If the copy of the this pointer is valid, return true. :-D:-D:-D Great, huh? Marshall If you continue to do the same things you always did,
don't be surprised if you get the same results you always got.Marshall wrote: "For success one must aquire one's self" I DON'T want to know what that is supposed to mean. :-O
Paul Watson wrote: "At the end of the day it is what you produce that counts, not how many doctorates you have on the wall."
George Carlin wrote: "Don't sweat the petty things, and don't pet the sweaty things."
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I'm working on a project that has required translating some source code comments from Japanese to English. In some cases, I've relied on a web-based translator. Sometimes the results are... illuminating.:confused: Here's one example from today: The web translator said: "For success one must aquire one's self" My translation based on the code: "If the copy of the this pointer is valid, return true. :-D:-D:-D Great, huh? Marshall If you continue to do the same things you always did,
don't be surprised if you get the same results you always got.Brilliant ! Max. For success one must aquire one's self
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Marshall wrote: "For success one must aquire one's self" I DON'T want to know what that is supposed to mean. :-O
Paul Watson wrote: "At the end of the day it is what you produce that counts, not how many doctorates you have on the wall."
George Carlin wrote: "Don't sweat the petty things, and don't pet the sweaty things."
Ray Cassick wrote: I DON'T want to know what that is supposed to mean. :laugh: Well, that just shed new light on that one for me. Jeremy Falcon Imputek
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I'm working on a project that has required translating some source code comments from Japanese to English. In some cases, I've relied on a web-based translator. Sometimes the results are... illuminating.:confused: Here's one example from today: The web translator said: "For success one must aquire one's self" My translation based on the code: "If the copy of the this pointer is valid, return true. :-D:-D:-D Great, huh? Marshall If you continue to do the same things you always did,
don't be surprised if you get the same results you always got.More! More! cheers, Chris Maunder
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I'm working on a project that has required translating some source code comments from Japanese to English. In some cases, I've relied on a web-based translator. Sometimes the results are... illuminating.:confused: Here's one example from today: The web translator said: "For success one must aquire one's self" My translation based on the code: "If the copy of the this pointer is valid, return true. :-D:-D:-D Great, huh? Marshall If you continue to do the same things you always did,
don't be surprised if you get the same results you always got.Marshall wrote: The web translator said: "For success one must aquire one's self" My translation based on the code: "If the copy of the this pointer is valid, return true. Damn, that is an awesome translation, spot on too. Maybe truth does lie in code... ;)
Paul Watson
Bluegrass
Cape Town, South AfricaMarshall wrote: The web translator said: "For success one must aquire one's self" My translation based on the code: "If the copy of the this pointer is valid, return true.