Subject: Alumni Affairs
From: Unicorn (unicorn@indenial.com)
Date: Tue Jun 17 2003 - 19:53:07 EDT
"Alumni Affairs"
I graduated from a private school that I didn't
like much. Once I was outta there, I had no
particular desire to ever contribute to their
latest fund drive or future athletic events.
Sure enough, Alumni Affairs staff called my
folks, got my current number and tracked me
down. 'So, what have you been doing with
yourself?' the perky alumnus asked.
I responded, "Oh, not a lot. Just stealing cars
and running moonshine."
They've never called back.
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"About Programming"
Programming is like sex: one mistake and you
have to support it for the rest of your life.
Real programmers don't work from 9 to 5. If
any real programmers are around at 9am it's
because they were up all night.
There are two ways of constructing a software
design: One way is to make it so simple that
there are obviously no deficiencies, and the
other way is to make it so complicated that
there are no obvious deficiencies. The first
method is far more difficult.
A complex system that works is invariably
found to have evolved from a simple system
that worked.
Real programmers don't comment their code.
If it was hard to write, it should be hard to
understand.
Beware of programmers who carry screwdrivers.
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