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actually, it was javascript and the file contained: } }); }; }());
Well, people do say Javascript is a Lisp in C clothes, and for a good reason. Well, for a bad reason too, as in this case.
When I teach introductory computer science courses, I like to lighten the mood with some humor. Having a sense of fun about the material makes it less frustrating and more memorable, and it's even motivating if the joke requires some technical understanding to 'get it'!
When put in this context, I think the question has some value. Being honest, programming can be very dry at times. The most mirth inducing stuff I have read in relation to programming is when programmers complain about programming languages, I think SO had a question addressing this issue.
Two bits walk into a bar for a byte.
I know an accounting joke: An engineer and an accountant are on a train when they pass between two fields of sheep. "Boy, there are a lot of sheep in those fields." says the engineer. "There are 1,005" says the accountant. "How do you know?" "Well, there are about 1,000 in that field, and there are 5 in the other one."
"Old MacDonald had a farm,
E-I-E-I-O
And on that farm he had an infinite recursion
E-I-E-I-O
With an
Old MacDonald had a farm,
E-I-E-I-O
And on that farm he had an infinite recursion ..."
This one I sing to my kids: "Old MacDonald had a farm, E-I-E-I-O And on that farm he had an infinite recursion E-I-E-I-O With an Old MacDonald had a farm, E-I-E-I-O And on that farm he had an infinite recursion ..."
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Well, people do say Javascript is a Lisp in C clothes, and for a good reason. Well, for a bad reason too, as in this case.
I used to say that too until I read http://journal.stuffwithstuff.com/2013/07/18/javascript-isnt...
Race condition.
Who is there?