[aclug-L] Klingon Programmers

["Frost, Keith A" <Keith.Frost@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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> From:         Travis Hestilow[SMTP:hestilow@xxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent:         Tuesday, October 19, 1999 8:47 AM
> To:   Frost, Keith A; Cara Finke (E-mail)
> Subject:      FW: Klingon Programmers
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> Travis J. Hestilow
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: James Karney [mailto:karneyjl@xxxxxxxxxxx] 
> Sent: Tuesday, October 19, 1999 9:40 AM
> To: hestilow@xxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Klingon Programmers
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> Thought you'd enjoy this one:
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> You question the worthiness of my code? I should kill you where you stand!
> 
> "Specifications" are for the weak and timid!
> 
> "This machine is a piece of GAGH! I need quad Pentium processors if I am
>  to do battle with this code!"
> 
> "You cannot really appreciate Dilbert unless you've read it in the
> original Klingon."
> 
> "Indentation?! - I will show you how to indent when I indent your skull!"
> 
> "What is this talk of 'release?' Klingons do not make software 'releases.'
> 
> Our software 'escapes' leaving a bloody trail of designers and quality
> assurance people in its wake."
> 
> "Klingon function calls do not have 'parameters', they have 'arguments'
> and they ALWAYS WIN THEM."
> 
> "Debugging? Klingons do not debug. Our software does not coddle the
> weak."
> 
> "I have challenged the entire quality assurance team to a Bat-Leth
> contest.
>  They will not concern us again."
> 
> "A TRUE Klingon Warrior does not comment his code!"
> 
> "By filing this SPR you have challenged the honor of my family. 
> Prepare to die!"
> 
> And the number one thing likely to be said by a Klingon Programmer:
> 
> 1) "Our users will know fear and cower before our software! Ship it!
> Ship it and let them flee like the dogs they are!
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