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Re: The Tao of Programming (1987)

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Post by burrows » Tue, Nov 10, 2020, 12:37 AM UTC

ckpcw wrote: post #59

burrows wrote: post #54

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Yeah! Another job well done by Minitruth!

Got em! In all fairness, I do agree with the sentiment behind your trolling though. That's why I made this a "mod" where the user provides the original text. It's an interesting approach to the "relevancy update" without suppressing or censoring the original. I -really- don't want to be the person breaking penises off statues or changing the edit so Han shoots in defense. This is not rewriting of truth. This is Count…

Build whatever you want, I just think the text being “abrasive” because of masculine pronouns is beyond goofy as fuck.

Re: The Tao of Programming (1987)

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Post by ckpcw » Tue, Nov 10, 2020, 1:33 AM UTC

burrows wrote: post #61

ckpcw wrote: post #59

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Got em! In all fairness, I do agree with the sentiment behind your trolling though. That's why I made this a "mod" where the user provides the original text. It's an interesting approach to the "relevancy update" without suppressing or censoring the original. I -really- don't want to be the person breaking penises off statues or changing the edit so Han shoots in defense. This is not rewriting of truth. This is Count…

Build whatever you want, I just think the text being “abrasive” because of masculine pronouns is beyond goofy as fuck.

cool story bro, thx for clarifying your troll

Re: The Tao of Programming (1987)

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Post by shric » Tue, Nov 10, 2020, 3:09 AM UTC

3.3 There was once a programmer who was attached to the court of the warlord of Wu. The warlord asked the programmer: "Which is easier to design: an accounting package or an operating system?"

"An operating system," replied the programmer.

The warlord uttered an exclamation of disbelief. "Surely an accounting package is trivial next to the complexity of an operating system," he said.

"Not so," said the programmer, "When designing an accounting package, the programmer operates as a mediator between people having different ideas: how it must operate, how its reports must appear, and how it must conform to the tax laws. By contrast, an operating system is not limited by outside appearances. When designing an operating system, the programmer seeks the simplest harmony between machine and ideas. This is why an operating system is easier to design."

The warlord of Wu nodded and smiled. "That is all good and well, but what about the rants on lkml?"

Re: The Tao of Programming (1987)

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Post by legostormtroopr » Tue, Nov 10, 2020, 4:29 AM UTC

CobrastanJorji wrote: post #51

fjcp wrote: post #29

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The Codeless Code is great and very entertaining, and sometimes one can learn some lessons from the stories. One that I remember to this day and always consider when building an application is the The White Pearl[0]. [0] http://thecodelesscode.com/case/73

My two favorite Codeless Codes are "Possible Race Condition" ( http://thecodelesscode.com/case/225 ) and "Unsupported Accusations" ( http://thecodelesscode.com/case/224 ).

I'm quite partial to "Roses are Red" - http://thecodelesscode.com/case/95