It should be noted that no ethically-trained software engineer would ever consent to write a DestroyBaghdad procedure. Basic professional ethics would instead require him to write a DestroyCity procedure, to which Baghdad could be given as a parameter.

-- Nathaniel Borenstein

The standard rule is, when you're in a hole, stop digging; that seems not to apply to software nowadays.

-- Ron Minnich

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Best coding practices

What's the difference between a vegan and a computer programmer?

One is disgusted by a rack of lamb and the other is disgusted by a lack of RAM.

Working code mystery

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The first rule of functions is that they should be small. The second rule of functions is that they should be smaller than that.

-- Robert C. Martin