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Squeak Python Humour

shared by David Corking on 18 May 09 - Cached
  • string of characters on Larry Wall's monitor isn't random but an example program in a programming language that God wants
  • Erlang is the first language to properly execute a bullet-proof thread safe hot updating seamlessly distributed super-scalable VM which is destined to rule the web,
  • she doesn't have any actual computers to run her code. Enterprise architects will later relearn her techniques in order to program in UML.
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  • All my years of obsessive, insular study, and the sacrifice of a well-rounded personality in favour of a detailed grasp of programming paradigms, suddenly became worthwhile.
  • Every language[n] seems to be influenced by that great language[n-2] but swears it has never heard of that pathetic language[n-1].
  • not one of them mentioning Dijkstra being sensible and just using a typewriter
  • "No matter how much kung fu you know, someone else always knows more."
  • I think you forgot Plankalkül by Konrad Zuse, that was published in 1948,
  • David Corking on 18 May 09
     
    A whole page of programming in jokes, many are both original and funny if you know the history. You only have to have written a "Hello World" program, or read a language war on Usenet, to understand what is going on here. Some of the dates are deliberately wrong.
  • David Corking on 18 May 09
     
    Last minute mention of Objective-C. Allegation of dyslexia.
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