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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.

 
GeneralRe: I understand that we shouldn't duplicate code, but... Pin
ClockMeister18-Apr-12 2:17
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GeneralRe: I understand that we shouldn't duplicate code, but... Pin
alcexhim18-Apr-12 5:50
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GeneralRe: I understand that we shouldn't duplicate code, but... Pin
ClockMeister18-Apr-12 6:27
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GeneralRe: I understand that we shouldn't duplicate code, but... Pin
Robert Rohde18-Apr-12 11:04
Robert Rohde18-Apr-12 11:04 
GeneralRe: I understand that we shouldn't duplicate code, but... Pin
ClockMeister18-Apr-12 11:27
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GeneralRe: I understand that we shouldn't duplicate code, but... Pin
Richard Deeming18-Apr-12 9:02
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GeneralRe: I understand that we shouldn't duplicate code, but... Pin
ClockMeister18-Apr-12 9:50
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GeneralRe: I understand that we shouldn't duplicate code, but... Pin
TRK318-Apr-12 6:50
TRK318-Apr-12 6:50 
If that is implemented in F# originally (or was compiled by a compiler that supports tail recursion), then there is no additional funciton overhead.

In fact, if the code is reordered correctly, it's faster than a loop.

The guy who wrote it probably knew a lot more about what he was doing than it appears at first glance.
GeneralYou know you've been staring at code for too long when you write this test. PinPopular
Pete O'Hanlon16-Apr-12 0:38
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GeneralRe: You know you've been staring at code for too long when you write this test. Pin
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GeneralRe: You know you've been staring at code for too long when you write this test. Pin
Brisingr Aerowing16-Apr-12 4:53
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GeneralRe: You know you've been staring at code for too long when you write this test. Pin
Pete O'Hanlon16-Apr-12 5:02
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GeneralRe: You know you've been staring at code for too long when you write this test. Pin
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GeneralSQL Server Management Studio's ordered view Pin
Bernhard Hiller11-Apr-12 4:39
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Chris Meech11-Apr-12 5:53
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Bernhard Hiller1-Apr-12 23:41
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Bernhard Hiller2-Apr-12 21:10
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S@53K^S18-Apr-12 5:18
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GeneralCould be the most 'meta' class I ever wrote... or a coding horror? Pin
Kieryn Phipps29-Mar-12 7:51
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