Developer Humor
Sometimes we get a little punchy around the office on a Friday afternoon. I came up with an idea in the middle of a debugging conversation, and had to run with it. If you’re not at least passingly familiar with C, it just isn’t funny; don’t waste your time.
user: what’s a handle?
hacker: No,
*what’s a pointer.user: I don’t know. What is a pointer?
hacker: Yes.
user: But where is the data?
hacker: No,
&whereis the address. The data is there.user: where?
hacker: The address.
user: So where’s the pointer?
hacker: No,
*what’s the pointer.&where'sthe address.user: And the pointer?
hacker:
*what.user: The pointer?
hacker:
*what.user: THE POINTER?
hacker:
*what!user: Forget it.
hacker: No, you can’t
forget(it), you need a handle for thatuser: But what’s a handle?
hacker: No,
*what’s a pointer.user: I can’t handle this anymore.
hacker. That’s because
thisis an object. You have to usethis->handle().user: what handle?
hacker: No,
*what’s a pointer.user: I don’t know! I don’t understand it!
hacker:
it’s just an integer, which is why you can’tforget(it)…user: I need a handle for that?
hacker: No,
that()returns a handle.user: And what is that?
hacker: A function that returns a handle.
user: But what’s a handle?
hacker: No,
*what’s…user: A pointer! I got it. But what does it point to?
hacker:
it’s not a pointer,it’s an integer.user: Fine. what’s an integer?
hacker: No,
it’s an integer.*what’s a pointer.user: I quit.
hacker: Be sure you return an exit code.
user: But I didn’t take one!
hacker: What are you talking about?
user: !!
With apologies to Laurel and Hardy Abbot & Costello.
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did you happen…
to see this? http://www.attheheartofit.com/2004/09/whosonfirst.html
Funny
Markdown mangled dugh’s link, it’s a good read.
I’m still thinking there’s a T-Shirt in there:
Nothing like geek humor.
Please apologize to Abbott & Costello as well. :o)
MPTurner: Done. Can’t believe that went uncaught for three years. Thanks!