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An informal survey of programmers finds that the most important quality in good software source code is that it be easy to read and understand. Did no one survey the Perl and APL developers?
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The developers stand for, Martin Fowler[^], who says:
Quote: Any fool can write code that a computer can understand. Good programmers write code that humans can understand.
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Kent Sharkey wrote: An informal survey of programmers finds that the most important quality in good software source code is that it be easy to read and understand.
Really? No! Who would a thunk it!
Talk about stating the bleeding obvious. 
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Huh... I would have went with "that it correctly performs its intended function(s)" but... to each, their own.
Contrary to popular belief, nobody owes you anything.
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Mike Mullikin wrote: that it correctly performs its intended function(s)
I believe that was a given, but yeah, readable too.
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Only 2 things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.-Albert Einstein
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Geeks write obfuscated code !
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Next to readable, it needs to be easily maintainable. One of the ways of doing so is by structuring things in, say, objects. Having those objects arranged and working according to a well-known pattern adds to the maintainability, readability and hence, affordability. It also means that most things are only defined in one place. No, seriously, ONE place. No redundancies, no repeating code - as that would mean that you'd have to maintain multiple instances of the same when updating it. That increases the chance of introducing bugs, which is bad.
Good code is SOLID and DRY
..and commented, with a low cyclomatic complexity, conforming to FxCop rules, and come with unit-testing that has almost 100% coverage.
Bastard Programmer from Hell 
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
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The Microsoft corporation has recently published for free access the source code of the CoreCLR engine which is a key component of .NET Core. Fun and games with code analysis
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The Windows 10 device platform allows IHVs to develop a single universal driver that can be deployed across all Windows 10 device families (e.g., PCs, phones, IoT). One driver to bind them, etc. etc. you know.
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That is a great feature you know.
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... and in Berkley's internet domain to name them.
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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ExtremeTech, March 18: " ... researchers from Nanyang Technical University in Singapore have developed a new technology they think is already capable of the ‘brain-like’ computing effects many have imagined for it.
The secret to their new device is something they call ‘photonic synapses’. They are exactly what they sound like: networks of light-bearing amorphous metal-sulphide microfibers that make synapses on to each other much like those found in actual brains. These unique microfibers aren’t something they just pulled out of thin air. The so-called ‘chalcogenoid’ alloys, alloys with elements like sulphur, selenium, or telluride, are prized in the fiber business for the unique optical properties they give to glasses made with them. The researchers here used gallium lanthanum oxysulphide (GLSO, syc) fibers which can be photodarkened by light itself." [^]
«To kill an error's as good a service, sometimes better than, establishing new truth or fact.» Charles Darwin in "Prospero's Precepts"
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Probably they can define something near to brain. But the actual thing is the response, artificial intelligence and the intelligence itself are two different things. No matter how tough you build the program, there would be glitches in it.
But, let us give them a warm good luck for their product!
The sh*t I complain about
It's like there ain't a cloud in the sky and it's raining out - Eminem
~! Firewall !~
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"Somebody in this camp ain't what he appears to be. Right now that may be one or two of us. By spring, it could be all of us." 
How do you know so much about swallows? Well, you have to know these things when you're a king, you know.
modified 31-Aug-21 21:01pm.
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What’s that got to do with the job? That’s what you’ll be thinking after looking through this list of oddball interview questions published by Glassdoor. Also known as the, "Ten companies you don't want to work at" list
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This is the only one that makes sense:
9. "You have a 1 mile long x 1 mile wide private island that you wish to turn into a resort. A plane requires a 2-mile long runway to take off. What do you do?"
I'd only allow cruise ships, duh.
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Catapult launch while blasting out the theme from Top Gun - tourists would love it
How do you know so much about swallows? Well, you have to know these things when you're a king, you know.
modified 31-Aug-21 21:01pm.
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Of course.. budget sick bag or deluxe? 
How do you know so much about swallows? Well, you have to know these things when you're a king, you know.
modified 31-Aug-21 21:01pm.
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Quote: 5. "How much do you charge to wash every window in Seattle?" - Facebook Online Sales Operations job candidate
I would charge absolutely nothing, but I would cover my costs by pasting advertising materials over 95% of the window's surface and then spend the rest of my time trying to make it bafflingly complicated to find out how to close the curtains.
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I regret I have but one upvote for that one.
TTFN - Kent
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Kent Sharkey wrote: I regret I have but one upvote for that one.
I'll sell you some upvotes. Reply privately and I can hook you up. 
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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Quote: 5. "How much do you charge to wash every window in Seattle?" - Facebook Online Sales Operations job candidate
About 20% more than it would cost to hire out the job.
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