Ask HN: Anyone know any funny programming jokes?

#1

Post by arthurcolle » Wed, Jan 20, 2021, 7:24 PM UTC

Can be super esoteric or super generalized, I love it when I get them, or when I just learn something new.

Re: Ask HN: Anyone know any funny programming jokes?

#2

Post by nvader » Wed, Jan 20, 2021, 7:27 PM UTC

Yes

#3

Post by verdverm » Wed, Jan 20, 2021, 7:39 PM UTC

There are only two problems in programming...

Naming things, cache eviction, and off by one errors

#4

Post by fsflover » Wed, Jan 20, 2021, 7:47 PM UTC

There are only two hard problems in distributed systems:

2. Exactly-once delivery

1. Guaranteed order of messages

2. Exactly-once delivery

#5

Post by jjgreen » Wed, Jan 20, 2021, 7:52 PM UTC

How many Prolog programmers does it take to change a lightbulb?

:- False

#6

Post by robertbalent » Wed, Jan 20, 2021, 7:59 PM UTC

Why do Java programmers wear glasses? Because they don't C#.

#7

Post by johnthuss » Wed, Jan 20, 2021, 8:05 PM UTC

There are 10 kinds of people in the world: those who understand binary and those who don't.

#8

Post by pantelisk » Wed, Jan 20, 2021, 8:08 PM UTC

Some people, when confronted with a problem, think "I know, I'll use regular expressions." Now they have two problems.

(quote from Jamie Zawinski)

#9

Post by helph67 » Wed, Jan 20, 2021, 8:14 PM UTC

Definition of Recursion:- see Recursion

#10

Post by piinbinary » Wed, Jan 20, 2021, 8:14 PM UTC

jjgreen wrote: post #5

How many Prolog programmers does it take to change a lightbulb? :- False

Can Prolog be used to create AI?

:- No.