Hi Count

At the risk of diverting this thread, I'm sure you'll have seen the Klingon Rules Of Programming, with which my bad alter ego has a certain sympathy.

http://tom.digitalelite.com/2006_06_09_21_23_00.html

• Specifications are for the weak and timid!
• What is this talk of 'release'? Klingons do not make software 'releases'. Our software 'escapes' leaving a bloody trail of designers and quality assurance people in its wake.
• This machine is a piece of GAGH! I need dual Pentium processors if I am to do battle with this code!
• Indentation?! I will show you how to indent when I indent your skull!
• Klingon function calls do not have 'parameters'. They have 'arguments'---and they always win them.
• Debugging? Klingons do not debug. Our software does not coddle the weak.
• You cannot really appreciate Dilbert unless you've read it in the original Klingon.
• I have challenged the entire quality assurance team to a Bat-Leth contest. They will not concern us again.
• A true Klingon Warrior does not comment his code!
• By filing this SPR you have challenged the honor of my family. Prepare to die!
• You question the worthiness of my code? I should kill you where you stand!
• Our users will know fear and cower before our software. Ship it! Ship it, and let them flee like the dogs they are!

Sadly all this talk of dual pentiums was not as timeless as they had hoped.

Regards

Steve

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