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The Weird and The Wonderful forum is a place to post Coding Horrors, Worst Practices, and the occasional flash of brilliance.

We all come across code that simply boggles the mind. Lazy kludges, embarrassing mistakes, horrid workarounds and developers just not quite getting it. And then somedays we come across - or write - the truly sublime.

Post your Best, your worst, and your most interesting. But please - no programming questions . This forum is purely for amusement and discussions on code snippets. All actual programming questions will be removed.

 
GeneralShort but stinky... PinPopular
Rob Grainger4-Sep-11 4:29
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JokeA bad Case of comparison PinPopular
Julien Villers1-Sep-11 3:58
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GeneralRe: A bad Case of comparison Pin
thoiness1-Sep-11 4:16
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Jeroen De Dauw1-Sep-11 9:21
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RCoate1-Sep-11 11:14
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Julien Villers2-Sep-11 0:23
professionalJulien Villers2-Sep-11 0:23 
That would work better for sure Wink | ;)

BTW, the string literal is just that, a string literal, when there are several 'consts'* defined some lines above

* without any const specifier or special naming of course!
'As programmers go, I'm fairly social. Which still means I'm a borderline sociopath by normal standards.' Jeff Atwood

GeneralRe: A bad Case of comparison Pin
Freak302-Sep-11 4:38
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Julien Villers5-Sep-11 2:07
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GeneralTo sleep or to do 'events'. That is the question. Pin
Member 205300631-Aug-11 0:17
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GeneralRe: To sleep or to do 'events'. That is the question. Pin
Nagy Vilmos31-Aug-11 1:08
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GeneralRe: To sleep or to do 'events'. That is the question. Pin
BillW3331-Aug-11 4:46
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JokeRe: To sleep or to do 'events'. That is the question. Pin
Sander Rossel31-Aug-11 11:26
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GeneralApostrophe's to the rescue PinPopular
Sander Rossel30-Aug-11 3:58
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jocstar1-Sep-11 4:02
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VallarasuS2-Sep-11 2:03
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GeneralIs this a coding horror? Pin
OriginalGriff27-Aug-11 0:09
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Shameel27-Aug-11 23:39
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OriginalGriff27-Aug-11 23:50
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GeneralRe: Is this a coding horror? Pin
Julien Villers29-Aug-11 2:21
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GeneralRe: Is this a coding horror? Pin
BillW3329-Aug-11 3:02
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GeneralRe: Is this a coding horror? [modified] PinPopular
annathor30-Aug-11 0:06
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Paladin200030-Aug-11 3:38
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