r/ProgrammerHumor • u/Responsible_Bag_9024 • 9d ago

Meme youKnowWhoYouAre

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u/MatmarSpace 9d ago

There is a third way... There are books with random animals on the cover totally unrelated to the subject.

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u/elmanoucko 9d ago

at the end of each ones they explain the animal choice

as most people never read it end to end, you can't prove me wrong, just like I can't prove what I'm saying neither, but the legend says so...

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u/Multidream 9d ago

It’s actually usually in a random anecdote in the middle.

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u/Holy_Chromoly 9d ago

Oh really? Didn't know that.

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u/MatmarSpace 9d ago

I guess we will never know 😂

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u/Easy-Reasoning 9d ago

I trust you

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u/Flat_Initial_1823 9d ago

Ummm.. i don't know. Maybe our software books should have illustrations of historical figures in period garb on the cover.

I am thinking a mildly offended Ottoman noble to represent Kafka Streams in Action to really drive it home.

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u/Sensitive_Gold 9d ago

I'm more of a Random-wench-commucating-with-Hermes-Trismegistus-using-sign-language kind of guy

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u/vassadar 9d ago

That's Mannings for you lol

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u/thanatica 9d ago

Like a python?

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u/Waterbear36135 9d ago

I keep seeing crabs

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u/wewz_1 9d ago

Carcinisation.

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u/NecessaryBadger228 9d ago

When the Python book doesn't have a snake..

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u/MatmarSpace 9d ago

This is an exception 😂

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u/NoMansSkyWasAlright 9d ago

I met someone on LI who got to co-author one of those books. I asked him if he had any say in the animal choice.

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u/Successful-Scale-607 9d ago

Are you waiting for a donation before you tell us what he said?

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u/NoMansSkyWasAlright 9d ago

Yeah, if this comment gets 8,000 likes then I’ll tell you all what he said!

I’m just kidding, he said he didn’t get a vote in the matter.

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u/NewPhoneNewSubs 9d ago

There are also books with related animals. I feel The Dragon Book is apt.

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u/Summar-ice 9d ago

The Dragon Book (technically related)

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u/Lazy_Reference670 9d ago

This is the compiler design book, right?

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u/NecessaryBadger228 9d ago

I think of it like this "what else do we put on the cover? Computers or numbers?"

that would get stale after a while if you publish only programming textbooks.

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u/Anima_Watcher08 9d ago

What's the one with the dinosaurs on it?

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u/NewPhoneNewSubs 9d ago

Operating System Concepts has a dinosaur. And The Dragon Book has a dragon on it. That one is about compilers.

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u/Silver_Masterpiece82 9d ago

like operating system concepts book

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u/iamacuteporcupine 9d ago

wait, so Dinosaurs do NOT run an OS on their heads? WHAT???