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Ask HN: Anyone know any funny programming jokes?
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#123Q: How many programmers does it take to change a light bulb? A: Programmers don't change light bulbs; that's a hardware problem.
A: Irrelevant, that's a side effect.
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#125When they got in the car though, it wouldn’t start.
“Maybe it’s out of gas?” said the Chemist.
“Maybe it’s a problem with the engine?” said the Physicist.
“Maybe if we all just get out of the car and get back in.”
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#127There are 10 kinds of people in the world. Those that understand binary and those that don't.
Those that understand binary, those that don't, and those who weren't expecting a ternary joke.
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#128There's a new object-oriented version of COBOL. It's called "Add 1 to COBOL".
(Carbon dates back to the ancient time when C++ was basically object oriented C, so like, 1988 or so.)
Here's one for the increasingly elderly people who prefer C over C++. "Whoever invented C++ doesn't know the difference between increment and excrement." (Best said in a cranky old man voice at an appropriate moment whilst battling a bug in some big C++ source base. Yeah, I know who Bjarne Stroustrup is. It's funnier with "whoever".)
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#129A QA engineer walks into a bar and orders a beer. She orders 2 beers. She orders 0 beers. She orders -1 beers. She orders a lizard. She orders a NULLPTR. She tries to leave without paying. Satisfied, she declares the bar ready for business. The first customer comes in an orders a beer. They finish their drink, and then ask where the bathroom is. The bar explodes.
Not a programmer, but this is good.
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#130Hello, would you like to hear a TCP joke? Yes, I'd like to hear a TCP joke. OK, I'll tell you a TCP joke. OK, I'll hear a TCP joke. Are you ready to hear a TCP joke? Yes, I am ready to hear a TCP joke. OK, I'm about to send the TCP joke. It will last 10 seconds, it has two characters, it does not have a setting, it ends with a punchline. OK, I'm ready to hear the TCP joke that will last 10 seconds, has two characters…