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You know it's prose written by a programmer when they use "else" in a sentence where other people would say "otherwise".
by rav 6y ago
You know it's prose written by a programmer when they use "else" in a sentence where other people would say "otherwise".
- zshrdlu 6y agohttps://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/the-program https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/the-program
- kzrdude 6y agoAnd the poetry looks a bit programmer-damaged too, now that I think of it.
- waterhouse 6y agoMy first thought was: "Expenses be damned, sire! We need barracks! Else where will our soldiers rest their mighty lances?" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFQDeYXq_iw&t=21s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFQDeYXq_iw&t=21s Then I realized that Civilization II was created by, well, programmers. Though I couldn't say who wrote the dialogue.
- shawnz 6y agoRelated https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25406211 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25406211