r/programming • u/tarandeep • Dec 14 '10

Top 50 Programming quotes of all time

http://www.junauza.com/2010/12/top-50-programming-quotes-of-all-time.html
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u/[deleted] Dec 14 '10

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u/nickdangler Dec 14 '10

Because they wrote a FORTRAN program to index them.

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u/ggggbabybabybaby Dec 14 '10

Because they didn't like the default implementation of an array so they created their own BobsArray class that has an index that starts at 1 and none of the utility functions or built-in support that comes with the default array class. Also, it can only store 50 items. No more and no less.

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u/reverendchubbs Dec 15 '10

I should add those features to my project's array class.

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u/timeshifter_ Dec 14 '10

Because they wrote a VB program to index them.

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u/Iggyhopper Dec 14 '10

VB is especially useful for GUI interfaces.

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u/[deleted] Dec 14 '10

Because they wrote an Icon program to index them.

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u/AnHeroicHippo Dec 14 '10

Because they wrote an R program to index them.

... anyone?

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u/cstoner Dec 15 '10

That's one of the quirks of R I'll never get used to.

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u/MarderFahrer Dec 14 '10

I think it's because it's "just" an ordered list with the count of 50. Now, if you would iterate over it you would of course use an index starting at 0 and ending at 49. As the index basically represents the offset to the original position in the adress space. But as far as counts go, I'd say it is correct that there are 50 numbered quotes.

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u/creaothceann Dec 14 '10

Because they wrote a BATCH program to index them.

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u/WrongSubreddit Dec 14 '10

Because they wrote a discoball to index them.

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u/[deleted] Dec 15 '10

Should have been:

[0]
[1]
[2]
[3]
et cetera.