Not a programming joke per se, but there the lines at https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/9134/jon-skeet-fact... are some of the funniest programming related descriptions out there.
Ask HN: Anyone know any funny programming jokes?
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Re: Ask HN: Anyone know any funny programming jokes?
#902Earlier quoted context omitted.
I had a Fiat Panda where the way to get power steering back after it flaked out was to do that. While driving.
Did you ever figure out that putting the clutch in, turning the engine off, moving the key back to the running position and releasing the clutch was the easiest way to do it? I have had several cars I've had to do this in. Latest was a 2003 Vauxhall Vectra (Opel?) which needed this to get out of "limp mode" if you accelerated in 5th gear above 55mph. Ain't cars fab?
Oh yeah, the reboot with compression start. My wife didn't like it tho. :)
The true problem was a marginal 12 volt battery that caused a "won't go away until reboot" error in the power steering MCU. I realized it when the problem got significantly more common on winter mornings. Asked myself, "what's the part of of an electric power steering system that is sensitive to temperature?"
Re: Ask HN: Anyone know any funny programming jokes?
#903A programmer goes grocery shopping for his wife. She tells him, "Go buy a loaf of bread and if they have eggs, bring six."
A while later he arrives home with six loaves of bread. When he sees the puzzled expression on her face he says, "Why, they did have eggs."
Re: Ask HN: Anyone know any funny programming jokes?
#904Earlier quoted context omitted.
Dijkstra’s EWDs are full of examples of thinking about problems mathematically instead of operationally and then deriving elegant procedures.
Do you have any examples to point to?
Here's one[1].
Re: Ask HN: Anyone know any funny programming jokes?
#905Pound! Bang! Bin! Bash! Is this a shell script or a Batman comic?
This got me. :-)