Coding Horrors: You can gather all your technical debt into one easy framework!

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RussianManiac: Dec 27, 2005; by Ozmaugh

Munkeymon posted:

That was amateur horror. It takes professionals to create Live Horrors

I am pretty sure this is just somebody doing a horror on purpose.

# ? Jan 6, 2010 00:47

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# ? Apr 26, 2024 12:37

CeciPipePasPipe: Aug 18, 2004; This pipe not pipe!!

rt4 posted:

I usually get a good chuckle by looking at the code that some affiliates think my employer should place on their websites. For some reason, in addition to the horror that is tracking pixels, they like to include JavaScript that generates tracking pixels. I found this in one today and was sincerely confused
code:
document.write('<i' + 'mg height="1" width="1" border="0" ' + 'src="' + url + '&ifr' + 'ame=0"' + ' />');
document.write('</ifr' + 'ame>');
Why would a programmer go out of his way to do extra concatenations on a string that have no effect?

Not sure why they escape <img> and <iframe> tags, but it may be related to this: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/236073/why-split-the-script-tag-when-writing-it-with-document-write

# ? Jan 6, 2010 00:51

Lumpy: Apr 26, 2002; La! La! La! Laaaa!; College Slice

Munkeymon posted:

That was amateur horror. It takes professionals to create Live Horrors

I want to see the thought process on the variable name....

"I'll call it 's'! No, wait, that could be confusing. 'ss'! Oh man, that's like all nazi and poo poo. 'sss' it is!"

# ? Jan 6, 2010 01:36

Zhentar: Sep 28, 2003; Brilliant Master Genius

Lumpy posted:

I want to see the thought process on the variable name....

"I'll call it 's'! No, wait, that could be confusing. 'ss'! Oh man, that's like all nazi and poo poo. 'sss' it is!"

I'd bet it was originally written within a function that had both s and ss already in use. Then the developer realized that it was long and functions shouldn't be long so they should split things up with cut+paste into a new function.

# ? Jan 6, 2010 05:57

Dr Monkeysee: Oct 11, 2002; just a fox like a hundred thousand others; Nap Ghost

CeciPipePasPipe posted:

Not sure why they escape <img> and <iframe> tags, but it may be related to this: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/236073/why-split-the-script-tag-when-writing-it-with-document-write

No it's almost certainly to get past ad-blockers as others mentioned earlier. Splitting up an img or iframe tag may confuse an ad-blocker scanning HTML source for any img and iframe tags pointing at such-and-such ad domains. e.g. an ad-blocker looking for htmlsource.Contains("<img>") won't match "'<i' + 'mg>'". There's no technical reason to split up html tags in document.write except </script>.

# ? Jan 6, 2010 06:24

Munkeymon: Aug 14, 2003; Motherfucker's got an
armor-piercing crowbar! Rigoddamndicu𝜆ous.

Lonely Wolf posted:

I want to quote my favorite line, but I just can't decide: they're all so bad.

Have you considered joining the rank of heroes who have come to work with a shotgun and a heart tempered in justice?

The person who wrote this is in an office in Europe, so that wouldn't even help. I would like to find a new job, though. Anyone in Minneapolis hiring? :allears:

RussianManiac posted:

I am pretty sure this is just somebody doing a horror on purpose.

Hahahahahahaaaaaa no.

Pretty sure this is the same guy:

code:

function util_doubleBackSlash(str) {
   var out;
   var len;
   var j,i;

   j=0;
   out = new String("");
   len = str.length;
   for (i=0; i<len; i++) {
      ch = str.charAt(i); 
      if (ch == '\\') {
         out += "\\";
         j += 1;
      } else {
         out += ch;
         j++;
      }
   }
   return(out);
}

Oh but it's been replaced and...

code:

function util_doubleBackSlash1(Str) {
   var re = /\\/gi;
   Str = Str.replace(re, "\\\\");
   return Str;
}

# ? Jan 6, 2010 15:18

Supervillin: Feb 6, 2005; Pillbug

Munkeymon posted:

At least he's sure to catch capital backslashes. And replace them with the same amount of capital backslashes.

# ? Jan 6, 2010 17:55

Munkeymon: Aug 14, 2003; Motherfucker's got an
armor-piercing crowbar! Rigoddamndicu𝜆ous.

Supervillin posted:

At least he's sure to catch capital backslashes. And replace them with the same amount of capital backslashes.

Maybe they have those in Turkish?

# ? Jan 6, 2010 18:25

TOO SCSI FOR MY CAT: Oct 12, 2008; this is what happens when you take UI design away from engineers and give it to a bunch of hipster art student "designers"

code:

enum Code
{
    CODE_UNKNOWN,
    CODE_FOO,
    CODE_BAR
};

bool FuckedClass::SetCode(Code code) {
    switch (code) {
    case CODE_UNKNOWN:
        mCode = code;
        break;
    case CODE_FOO:
        mCode = code;
        break;
    case CODE_BAR:
        mCode = code;
        break;
    default:
        mCode = CODE_UNKNOWN;
        return false;
    }
    return true;
}

# ? Jan 6, 2010 22:04

AzraelNewtype: Nov 9, 2004; 「ブレストバーン！！」

how does that even happen?

# ? Jan 6, 2010 22:14

RussianManiac: Dec 27, 2005; by Ozmaugh

Is it possible to pass code that is not either of those 3 values? could you pass an arbitrary integer instead of something of type Code?

# ? Jan 6, 2010 22:15

BigRedDot: Mar 6, 2008

RussianManiac posted:

Is it possible to pass code that is not either of those 3 values? could you pass an arbitrary integer instead of something of type Code?

Sure, you can cast some other integral type to type Code.

# ? Jan 6, 2010 22:23

Vinterstum: Jul 30, 2003

AzraelNewtype posted:

how does that even happen?

Typically in cases like these: The case statements probably did something else at some point, and the whole thing hasn't been properly refactored as it's been changed. Pretty common; any codebase that's been around for a few years will have plenty of dead code and things like this. Only thing you can really do to minimize them is to encourage people to fix 'em up when they see them.

Or the original author was just on crack, who knows.

Vinterstum fucked around with this message at 22:28 on Jan 6, 2010

# ? Jan 6, 2010 22:26

raminasi: Jan 25, 2005; a last drink with no ice

AzraelNewtype posted:

how does that even happen?

I get a kind of goofy future-proofing vibe from it, as though the author was worried about people adding other possible Code values but wanted to make sure this component ignored them.

# ? Jan 7, 2010 00:24

BigRedDot: Mar 6, 2008

GrumpyDoctor posted:

I get a kind of goofy future-proofing vibe from it, as though the author was worried about people adding other possible Code values but wanted to make sure this component ignored them.

I see it in code where I work, but we often cast integral values that are gotten over sockets or read from hardware registers into enums. It's a "just in case the sender can't be trusted" sort of thing. Of course that code is still a horror, since the switch is worthless.

# ? Jan 7, 2010 01:07

Dooey: Jun 30, 2009

Overheard at my office today:

quote:

What the Hell? There is a comment here that says this linear search has a complexity of n times log n? How is that even possible?

Unfortunately I didn't see the code in question.

# ? Jan 7, 2010 01:12

Sebbe: Feb 29, 2004

Dooey posted:

Overheard at my office today:

Unfortunately I didn't see the code in question.

Well, you can't do a linear search unless it's sorted. :rolleyes:

# ? Jan 7, 2010 01:16

litghost: May 26, 2004; Builder

:edit: Never mind.

litghost fucked around with this message at 02:52 on Jan 7, 2010

# ? Jan 7, 2010 02:48

RussianManiac: Dec 27, 2005; by Ozmaugh

From the code base on which I am working on along with another guy who came up with this gem:

code:

#define DS_TYPEDEF radix_trie(list, input)

RussianManiac fucked around with this message at 16:35 on Jan 7, 2010

# ? Jan 7, 2010 16:27

TheJanitor: Apr 17, 2007; Ask me about being the strongest janitor since Roger Wilco

code:


        static public Boolean LessEqual<T>(T thing1, T thing2)
        {

            int flag;

            switch (typeof(T).FullName)
            {
                case "System.string":

                    //Force a cast from a generic type to string
                    //using temporary object variables

                    object temp1 = thing1;
                    object temp2 = thing2;

                    string string1 = (string)temp1;
                    string string2 = (string)temp2;

                    flag = String.Compare(string1, string2);

                    if (flag <= 0)
                    {
                        return true;
                    }
                    else
                    {
                        return false;
                    }

                    break;
                case "Projectile.XmlElement":

                    //Force a cast from a generic type to XmlElement
                    //using temporary object variables

                    object temp3 = thing1;
                    object temp4 = thing2;

                    XmlElement element1 = (XmlElement)temp3;
                    XmlElement element2 = (XmlElement)temp4;

                    flag = String.Compare(element1["Tnumber"], element2["Tnumber"]);

                    if (flag <= 0)
                    {
                        return true;
                    }
                    else
                    {
                        return false;
                    }

                    break;

                case "System.Single":
                    //Force a cast from a generic type to float
                    //using temporary object variables

                    object temp5 = thing1;
                    object temp6 = thing2;

                    float number1 = (float)temp5;
                    float number2 = (float)temp6;

                    if (number1 <= number2)
                    {
                        return true;
                    }
                    else
                    {
                        return false;
                    }
                    break;

                default:
                    return false;
                    break;
            }
        }

Some real gems come out of my classmates...

I didnt even want to ask if he had similar functions for the other comparision operators.

# ? Jan 7, 2010 19:23

Flobbster: Feb 17, 2005; "Cadet Kirk, after the way you cheated on the Kobayashi Maru test I oughta punch you in tha face!"

TheJanitor posted:

Some real gems come out of my classmates...

I didnt even want to ask if he had similar functions for the other comparision operators.

Well it looks like LessEqual is a total ordering over the domain of all the types he's concerned with, so certainly he would have just implemented the other comparisons in terms of that one operation! :smugbert:

I love the unnecessary object casts though, and the fact that the string case would never work since it should be a capital S in String. Actually, no it shouldn't, it should be the "is" operator, but... :psyboom:

# ? Jan 7, 2010 19:42

Zhentar: Sep 28, 2003; Brilliant Master Genius

You know you've been using MUMPS too long when... you need to sort a list alphabetically and you aren't sure what to do or how to do that. (It's also a sign you need to stop using other archaic languages when the correct answer does not involve calling a standard library function or property of the list object)

:smith:

# ? Jan 7, 2010 22:16

TheSleeper: Feb 20, 2003

Zhentar posted:

You know you've been using MUMPS too long when...

You begin using MUMPS.

# ? Jan 8, 2010 00:00

pseudorandom name: May 6, 2007

TheSleeper posted:

You begin using MUMPS.

You see any MUMPS source.

# ? Jan 8, 2010 00:27

pokeyman: Nov 26, 2006; That elephant ate my entire platoon.

pseudorandom name posted:

You see any MUMPS source.

It's named after a goddamn disease.

Or is the disease named after it...

# ? Jan 8, 2010 00:41

pseudorandom name: May 6, 2007

code:

%DTC
%DTC ; SF/XAK - DATE/TIME OPERATIONS ;1/16/92  11:36 AM
     ;;19.0;VA FileMan;;Jul 14, 1992
     D    I 'X1!'X2 S X="" Q
     S X=X1 D H S X1=%H,X=X2,X2=%Y+1 D H S X=X1-%H,%Y=%Y+1&X2
     K %H,X1,X2 Q
     ;
C    S X=X1 Q:'X  D H S %H=%H+X2 D YMD S:$P(X1,".",2) X=X_"."_$P(X1,".",2) K X1,X2 Q
S    S %=%#60/100+(%#3600\60)/100+(%\3600)/100 Q
     ;
H    I X<1410000 S %H=0,%Y=-1 Q
     S %Y=$E(X,1,3),%M=$E(X,4,5),%D=$E(X,6,7)
     S %T=$E(X_0,9,10)*60+$E(X_"000",11,12)*60+$E(X_"00000",13,14)
TOH  S %H=%M>2&'(%Y#4)+$P("^31^59^90^120^151^181^212^243^273^304^334","^",%M)+%D
     S %='%M!'%D,%Y=%Y-141,%H=%H+(%Y*365)+(%Y\4)-(%Y>59)+%,%Y=$S(%:-1,1:%H+4#7)
     K %M,%D,% Q
     ;
DOW  D H S Y=%Y K %H,%Y Q
DW   D H S Y=%Y,X=$P("SUN^MON^TUES^WEDNES^THURS^FRI^SATUR","^",Y+1)_"DAY"
     S:Y<0 X="" Q
7    S %=%H>21608+%H-.1,%Y=%\365.25+141,%=%#365.25\1
     S %D=%+306#(%Y#4=0+365)#153#61#31+1,%M=%-%D\29+1
     S X=%Y_"00"+%M_"00"+%D Q
     ;
YX   D YMD S Y=X_% G DD^%DT
YMD  D 7 S %=$P(%H,",",2) D S K %D,%M,%Y Q
T    F %=1:1 S Y=$E(X,%) Q:"+-"[Y  G 1^%DT:$E("TODAY",%)'=Y
     S X=$E(X,%+1,99) G PM:Y="" I +X'=X D DMW S X=%
     G:'X 1^%DT
PM   S @("%H=$H"_Y_X) D TT G 1^%DT:%I(3)'?3N,D^%DT
N    F %=2:1 S Y=$E(X,%) Q:"+-"[Y  G 1^%DT:$E("NOW",%)'=Y
     I Y="" S %H=$H G RT
     S X=$E(X,%+1,99)
     I X?1.N1"H" S X=X*3600,%H=$H,@("X=$P(%H,"","",2)"_Y_X),%=$S(X<0:-1,1:0)+(X\86400),X=X#86400,%H=$P(%H,",")+%_","_X G RT
     D DMW G 1^%DT:'% S @("%H=$H"_Y_%),%H=%H_","_$P($H,",",2)
RT   D TT S %=$P(%H,",",2) D S S %=X_% I %DT'["S" S %=+$E(%,1,12)
     Q:'$D(%(0))  S Y=% G E^%DT
PF   S %H=$H D YMD S %(9)=X,X=%DT["F"*2-1 I @("%I(1)*100+%I(2)"_$E("> <",X+2)_"$E(%(9),4,7)") S %I(3)=%I(3)+X
     Q
TT   D 7 S %I(1)=%M,%I(2)=%D,%I(3)=%Y K %M,%D,%Y Q
NOW  S %H=$H,%H=$S($P(%H,",",2):%H,1:%H-1)
     D TT S %=$P(%H,",",2) D S S %=X_$S(%:%,1:.24) Q
DMW  S %=$S(X?1.N1"D":+X,X?1.N1"W":X*7,X?1.N1"M":X*30,+X=X:X,1:0)
     Q
COMMA     ;
     S %D=X<0 S:%D X=-X S %=$S($D(X2):+X2,1:2),X=$J(X,1,%),%=$L(X)-3-$E(23456789,%),%L=$S($D(X3):X3,1:12)
     F %=%:-3 Q:$E(X,%)=""  S X=$E(X,1,%)_","_$E(X,%+1,99)
     S:$D(X2) X=$E("$",X2["$")_X S X=$J($E("(",%D)_X_$E(" )",%D+1),%L) K %,%D,%L
     Q
HELP S DDH=$S($D(DDH):DDH,1:0),A1="Examples of Valid Dates:" D %
     S A1="  JAN 20 1957 or 20 JAN 57 or 1/20/57"_$S(%DT'["N":" or 012057",1:"") D %
     S A1="  T   (for TODAY),  T+1 (for TOMORROW),  T+2,  T+7,  etc." D %
     S A1="  T-1 (for YESTERDAY),  T-3W (for 3 WEEKS AGO), etc." D %
     S A1="If the year is omitted, the computer "_$S(%DT["P":"assumes a date in the PAST.",1:"uses the CURRENT YEAR.") D %
     I %DT'["X" S A1="You may omit the precise day, as:  JAN, 1957" D %
     I %DT'["T",%DT'["R" G 0
     S A1="If the date is omitted, the current date is assumed." D %
     S A1="Follow the date with a time, such as JAN 20@10, T@10AM, 10:30, etc." D %
     S A1="You may enter a time, such as NOON, MIDNIGHT or NOW." D %
     I %DT["S" S A1="Seconds may be entered as 10:30:30 or 103030AM." D %
     I %DT["R" S A1="Time is REQUIRED in this response." D %
0    Q:'$D(%DT(0))
     S A1=" " D % S A1="Enter a date which is "_$S(%DT(0)["-":"less",1:"greater")_" than or equal to " D %
     S Y=$S(%DT(0)["-":$P(%DT(0),"-",2),1:%DT(0)) D DD^%DT:Y'["NOW"
     I '$D(DDS) W Y,"." K A1 Q
     S DDH(DDH,"T")=DDH(DDH,"T")_Y_"." K A1 Q
     ;
%    I '$D(DDS) W !,"     ",A1 Q
     S DDH=DDH+1,DDH(DDH,"T")="     "_A1 Q

There. Now you all have used MUMPS too long.

# ? Jan 8, 2010 01:03

TOO SCSI FOR MY CAT: Oct 12, 2008; this is what happens when you take UI design away from engineers and give it to a bunch of hipster art student "designers"

pseudorandom name posted:

code:

DW   D H S Y=%Y,X=$P("SUN^MON^TUES^WEDNES^THURS^FRI^SATUR","^",Y+1)_"DAY"

why

# ? Jan 8, 2010 01:23

McGlockenshire: Dec 16, 2005; GOLLOCKS!

Oh my gods, it's practically INTERCAL.

# ? Jan 8, 2010 01:30

Opinion Haver: Apr 9, 2007

McGlockenshire posted:

Oh my gods, it's practically INTERCAL.

Intercal is more comprehensible.

# ? Jan 8, 2010 02:04

Yakattak: Dec 17, 2009; I am Grumpypuss
>:3

pseudorandom name posted:

code:

%DTC
%DTC ; SF/XAK - DATE/TIME OPERATIONS ;1/16/92  11:36 AM
     ;;19.0;VA FileMan;;Jul 14, 1992
     D    I 'X1!'X2 S X="" Q
     S X=X1 D H S X1=%H,X=X2,X2=%Y+1 D H S X=X1-%H,%Y=%Y+1&X2
     K %H,X1,X2 Q
     ;
C    S X=X1 Q:'X  D H S %H=%H+X2 D YMD S:$P(X1,".",2) X=X_"."_$P(X1,".",2) K X1,X2 Q
S    S %=%#60/100+(%#3600\60)/100+(%\3600)/100 Q
     ;
H    I X<1410000 S %H=0,%Y=-1 Q
     S %Y=$E(X,1,3),%M=$E(X,4,5),%D=$E(X,6,7)
     S %T=$E(X_0,9,10)*60+$E(X_"000",11,12)*60+$E(X_"00000",13,14)
TOH  S %H=%M>2&'(%Y#4)+$P("^31^59^90^120^151^181^212^243^273^304^334","^",%M)+%D
     S %='%M!'%D,%Y=%Y-141,%H=%H+(%Y*365)+(%Y\4)-(%Y>59)+%,%Y=$S(%:-1,1:%H+4#7)
     K %M,%D,% Q
     ;
DOW  D H S Y=%Y K %H,%Y Q
DW   D H S Y=%Y,X=$P("SUN^MON^TUES^WEDNES^THURS^FRI^SATUR","^",Y+1)_"DAY"
     S:Y<0 X="" Q
7    S %=%H>21608+%H-.1,%Y=%\365.25+141,%=%#365.25\1
     S %D=%+306#(%Y#4=0+365)#153#61#31+1,%M=%-%D\29+1
     S X=%Y_"00"+%M_"00"+%D Q
     ;
YX   D YMD S Y=X_% G DD^%DT
YMD  D 7 S %=$P(%H,",",2) D S K %D,%M,%Y Q
T    F %=1:1 S Y=$E(X,%) Q:"+-"[Y  G 1^%DT:$E("TODAY",%)'=Y
     S X=$E(X,%+1,99) G PM:Y="" I +X'=X D DMW S X=%
     G:'X 1^%DT
PM   S @("%H=$H"_Y_X) D TT G 1^%DT:%I(3)'?3N,D^%DT
N    F %=2:1 S Y=$E(X,%) Q:"+-"[Y  G 1^%DT:$E("NOW",%)'=Y
     I Y="" S %H=$H G RT
     S X=$E(X,%+1,99)
     I X?1.N1"H" S X=X*3600,%H=$H,@("X=$P(%H,"","",2)"_Y_X),%=$S(X<0:-1,1:0)+(X\86400),X=X#86400,%H=$P(%H,",")+%_","_X G RT
     D DMW G 1^%DT:'% S @("%H=$H"_Y_%),%H=%H_","_$P($H,",",2)
RT   D TT S %=$P(%H,",",2) D S S %=X_% I %DT'["S" S %=+$E(%,1,12)
     Q:'$D(%(0))  S Y=% G E^%DT
PF   S %H=$H D YMD S %(9)=X,X=%DT["F"*2-1 I @("%I(1)*100+%I(2)"_$E("> <",X+2)_"$E(%(9),4,7)") S %I(3)=%I(3)+X
     Q
TT   D 7 S %I(1)=%M,%I(2)=%D,%I(3)=%Y K %M,%D,%Y Q
NOW  S %H=$H,%H=$S($P(%H,",",2):%H,1:%H-1)
     D TT S %=$P(%H,",",2) D S S %=X_$S(%:%,1:.24) Q
DMW  S %=$S(X?1.N1"D":+X,X?1.N1"W":X*7,X?1.N1"M":X*30,+X=X:X,1:0)
     Q
COMMA     ;
     S %D=X<0 S:%D X=-X S %=$S($D(X2):+X2,1:2),X=$J(X,1,%),%=$L(X)-3-$E(23456789,%),%L=$S($D(X3):X3,1:12)
     F %=%:-3 Q:$E(X,%)=""  S X=$E(X,1,%)_","_$E(X,%+1,99)
     S:$D(X2) X=$E("$",X2["$")_X S X=$J($E("(",%D)_X_$E(" )",%D+1),%L) K %,%D,%L
     Q
HELP S DDH=$S($D(DDH):DDH,1:0),A1="Examples of Valid Dates:" D %
     S A1="  JAN 20 1957 or 20 JAN 57 or 1/20/57"_$S(%DT'["N":" or 012057",1:"") D %
     S A1="  T   (for TODAY),  T+1 (for TOMORROW),  T+2,  T+7,  etc." D %
     S A1="  T-1 (for YESTERDAY),  T-3W (for 3 WEEKS AGO), etc." D %
     S A1="If the year is omitted, the computer "_$S(%DT["P":"assumes a date in the PAST.",1:"uses the CURRENT YEAR.") D %
     I %DT'["X" S A1="You may omit the precise day, as:  JAN, 1957" D %
     I %DT'["T",%DT'["R" G 0
     S A1="If the date is omitted, the current date is assumed." D %
     S A1="Follow the date with a time, such as JAN 20@10, T@10AM, 10:30, etc." D %
     S A1="You may enter a time, such as NOON, MIDNIGHT or NOW." D %
     I %DT["S" S A1="Seconds may be entered as 10:30:30 or 103030AM." D %
     I %DT["R" S A1="Time is REQUIRED in this response." D %
0    Q:'$D(%DT(0))
     S A1=" " D % S A1="Enter a date which is "_$S(%DT(0)["-":"less",1:"greater")_" than or equal to " D %
     S Y=$S(%DT(0)["-":$P(%DT(0),"-",2),1:%DT(0)) D DD^%DT:Y'["NOW"
     I '$D(DDS) W Y,"." K A1 Q
     S DDH(DDH,"T")=DDH(DDH,"T")_Y_"." K A1 Q
     ;
%    I '$D(DDS) W !,"     ",A1 Q
     S DDH=DDH+1,DDH(DDH,"T")="     "_A1 Q

There. Now you all have used MUMPS too long.

I'm glad I don't have to learn that language, ever. It's more like encryption rather than a programming language.

# ? Jan 8, 2010 02:19

POKEMAN SAM: Jul 8, 2004

Whenever I see MUMPS I wonder why people actually write it by hand instead of writing it in another language that gets translated/compiled to MUMPS. I swear that would be one of the first things I tried if I got stuck with lovely language work.

# ? Jan 8, 2010 05:31

Dessert Rose: May 17, 2004; awoken in control of a lucid deep dream...

Ugg boots posted:

Whenever I see MUMPS I wonder why people actually write it by hand instead of writing it in another language that gets translated/compiled to MUMPS. I swear that would be one of the first things I tried if I got stuck with lovely language work.

How are you going to deal with the corpus of already-existing code?

# ? Jan 8, 2010 06:54

Inverse Icarus: Dec 4, 2003; I run SyncRPG, and produce original, digital content for the Pathfinder RPG, designed from the ground up to be played online.

Ryouga Inverse posted:

How are you going to deal with the corpus of already-existing code?

Write a decompiler for the new language.

# ? Jan 8, 2010 07:28

Jonnty: Aug 2, 2007; The enemy has become a flaming star!

Ryouga Inverse posted:

How are you going to deal with the corpus of already-existing code?

This is the problem with languages like this, it's not like people (often) start writing new projects in them. It's always maintaining old stuff, which is often hard enough with normal languages.

# ? Jan 8, 2010 08:34

Zhentar: Sep 28, 2003; Brilliant Master Genius

Yakattak posted:

It's more like encryption rather than a programming language.

The wikipedia article intentionally uses especially dense, confusing examples. No one (at least around these parts) still writes code that lovely and unreadable these days.

Jonnty posted:

This is the problem with languages like this, it's not like people (often) start writing new projects in them. It's always maintaining old stuff, which is often hard enough with normal languages.

We are still actively developing software using MUMPS and have no plans to ever stop doing so.

# ? Jan 8, 2010 17:55

spiritual bypass: Feb 19, 2008; Grimey Drawer

Are you worried about hurting your career by staying at a place where the core technology you use has little relevance outside your current workplace?

# ? Jan 8, 2010 17:57

Zhentar: Sep 28, 2003; Brilliant Master Genius

rt4 posted:

Are you worried about hurting your career by staying at a place where the core technology you use has little relevance outside your current workplace?

Not too much, no. Partly because we're moving away from VB6 on the client side (thank loving god) to C#. And partly because I actually enjoy doing legacy code maintenance, and I'm picking up plenty of applicable experience in that area.

# ? Jan 8, 2010 18:17

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Zhentar posted:

Not too much, no. Partly because we're moving away from VB6 on the client side (thank loving god) to C#. And partly because I actually enjoy doing legacy code maintenance, and I'm picking up plenty of applicable experience in that area.

How many Critical applications do you have still done in VB6 ( i have 10~)

# ? Jan 8, 2010 18:31

MononcQc: May 29, 2007

found this today:

php:

<?
$photoList = getAnnonces($iCount,$iNum,$cfg['lg']);
$cnt = count($photoList);
if ($cnt<=1) {
  $photoList = getAnnonces($iCount,$iNum,$cfg['lg']);
}
?>

I don't know what the gently caress. The result set returned by getAnnonces() is even memcached so nothing can change anyway.

# ? Jan 11, 2010 16:25

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# ? Apr 26, 2024 12:37

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armor-piercing crowbar! Rigoddamndicu𝜆ous.

MononcQc posted:

found this today:
php:
<?
$photoList = getAnnonces($iCount,$iNum,$cfg['lg']);
$cnt = count($photoList);
if ($cnt<=1) {
  $photoList = getAnnonces($iCount,$iNum,$cfg['lg']);
}
?>
I don't know what the gently caress. The result set returned by getAnnonces() is even memcached so nothing can change anyway.

Sometiems you just have to try even harder to get your Annonces I guess v :downs:

# ? Jan 11, 2010 16:46

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