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Reminds me of using Win9x when programs crashed (as often happened then), prompting Windows to present those "This program has performed an illegal operation" d
by kitsunesoba 3y ago
Reminds me of using Win9x when programs crashed (as often happened then), prompting Windows to present those "This program has performed an illegal operation" dialogs.
As a kid the only bit of that message that made any sense was "illegal operation" which made me wonder if I'd broken some law somehow.
- phendrenad2 3y agoThis is why I don't put easter eggs or obscure programmer-lingo into programs anymore. Every error is potentially user-facing.
- squeaky-clean 3y agoAt the very least if it's something where I need to include a technical error message or stack trace, I like to include something like "An unexpected error occurred! If this happens multiple times, here is some information you can email our support team:\n{technical output}" Of course often the support team is just me.
- BeFlatXIII 3y ago…but every other developer making the same decision has made computers boring.
- EvanAnderson 3y agoThe first computer at my home was a machine my father bought for bookkeeping for his business. I had a loose understanding of what that meant (around 8-9 y/o). I knew paying taxes was something he did. I remember looking thru the BASIC manual and seeing “ILLEGAL...” error messages. I assumed it meant that doing whatever this was somehow violated tax laws. Made sense to me since the computer was used for bookkeeping.
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- RankingMember 3y agoI remember seeing > FATAL ERROR and being like...uh...do I call the police?
- netheril96 3y agoYou should call for an ambulance instead.