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> What is "underground programming world"? If you have to ask... ;)
by conjectures 6y ago
> What is "underground programming world"?
If you have to ask... ;)
- brodouevencode 6y agoWe're all violating the first and second rules of "underground programming world"
- Bjartr 6y agoI'd expect the underground programming world to index from zero.
- kungtotte 6y agoThe first rule would have index 0...
- m0xte 6y agoThis is underground programming. Perhaps it's 1?
- fidelramos 6y agoI'd make it -1, that way regular programmers wouldn't know about it.
- bigiain 6y ago"Should array indices start at 0 or 1? My compromise of 0.5 was rejected without, I thought, proper consideration." — Stan Kelly-Bootle.
- pokot0 6y agoI expect the third to be 10
- Bjartr 6y agoI'd say that's the zeroth rule.
- r_police 6y agoSorry to be that guy but, why are you posting comments that lead to topic derailing that add nothing to the discussion?
- nuclearnice1 6y agoAgree. I’d like to thank conjectures, brodouevencode, Bjartr, kungtotte, m0xte, fidelramos, chii and pokot0 for their contributions, but gently suggest none of the jokes were really that funny. Said well: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7609289 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7609289
- jessaustin 6y agoSince we have a norm that those who post unfunny jokes shouldn't complain they are downvoted, we should also have a norm that those who don't like jokes should just downvote without comment. Of course, I'm violating the obvious meta-norm...
- nuclearnice1 6y agoWe actually have the opposite norm. HN commenters are encouraged to post feedback in the threads about what's good and bad for HN comments. See: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7605973 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7605973
- jessaustin 6y agoThat's fine, and there are probably some would-be HN comedians who haven't heard the news about this yet, but meta-discussion is really boring. This is the last thing I'll post in this thread, and I won't be surprised if it gets downvoted to oblivion.