The Golden Rule of Programming

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Post by spo81rty » Sun, Jan 20, 2013, 1:11 PM UTC

The Golden Rule of Programming
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Re: The Golden Rule of Programming

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Post by ciupicri » Sun, Jan 20, 2013, 2:02 PM UTC

Is Error establishing a database connection the golden rule of programming? :-)

Re: The Golden Rule of Programming

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Post by gnuvince » Sun, Jan 20, 2013, 2:03 PM UTC

ciupicri wrote: post #2

Is Error establishing a database connection the golden rule of programming? :-)

That's some Jedi Master type of rule right there.

Re: The Golden Rule of Programming

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Post by shuma » Sun, Jan 20, 2013, 2:09 PM UTC

never knew that the golden rule was a database error.

Re: The Golden Rule of Programming

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Post by sqba » Sun, Jan 20, 2013, 2:13 PM UTC

gnuvince wrote: post #3

ciupicri wrote: post #2

Is Error establishing a database connection the golden rule of programming? :-)

That's some Jedi Master type of rule right there.

a better programmer I already am

Re: The Golden Rule of Programming

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Post by GiraffeNecktie » Sun, Jan 20, 2013, 2:16 PM UTC

shuma wrote: post #4

never knew that the golden rule was a database error.

For me, it's more of a "general rule" than a "golden rule".

Re: The Golden Rule of Programming

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Post by jconnop » Sun, Jan 20, 2013, 2:17 PM UTC

Welp. That's an interesting golden error.

Cached version: http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:vyvuBLO...

Re: The Golden Rule of Programming

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Post by MJR » Sun, Jan 20, 2013, 2:27 PM UTC

This is deep. I believe the golden rule is to keep your database online.

Re: The Golden Rule of Programming

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Post by adamtulinius » Sun, Jan 20, 2013, 2:27 PM UTC

"if it can be null, it will be null"

And here comes a repetition of Maybe Foo in haskell, and Option in Scala/Java. Hehe :-)

Re: The Golden Rule of Programming

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Post by damncabbage » Sun, Jan 20, 2013, 2:29 PM UTC

"If it can be null, it will be null"

So explicitly define what is allowed to ever be "null": http://lukeplant.me.uk/blog/posts/null-pointers-vs-none-vs-m...