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“Every line of code is written without reason, maintained out of weakness, and deleted by chance” Jean-Paul Sartre’s Programming in ANSI C. I just started the
by cake42 11y ago
“Every line of code is written without reason, maintained out of weakness, and deleted by chance” Jean-Paul Sartre’s Programming in ANSI C.
I just started the article and I already have problems with it, not a good sign. While it may be obvious when you research the timelines of JPS (he died a few years before ansi c 89 was established) and C , not to mention the miles of metaphorical distance between Computer Programming and JPS's work) . I guess the author was trying to be cute?? but that fabrication should be made clear as such. he's undermining his own inherent credibility as an author, however much the reader decides to put in. Serious problem in my book.
- Cpoll 11y agoI'm sure you're joking, but for those who are curious, Sartre's actual quote is "Every existing thing is born without reason, prolongs itself out of weakness, and dies by chance."
- ryandrake 11y agoI thought it was pretty funny. Lighten things up from the start.
- kweinber 11y agoAgreed, I usually warm up the engineering crowd with a few quotes from Shopenhauer or Malthus, but Sartre is always good for a few yucks.
- michaelwww 11y agoI hope you are being serious cake42, because if you're not you're only mildly funny, but if you are, you're hilarious.