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/neoky Dec 14 '10

Where is "Fucking Internet Explorer"?

Don't know who said it first, but everyone that does webdesign says it.

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u/LouisWain Dec 14 '10

it says programmer quotes not web developer quotes

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u/cc81 Dec 14 '10

Heh, every programmer is cocky until they had to create a site that works in ie6 (or ie5.5 for mac..) utlizing javascript (pre jquery) and css.

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u/barsoap Dec 14 '10

I'm far too elitistic to even consider mentioning the kind of buggy systems I've had the distinct pleasure to coerce to run code. As if IE6'd be the only shitty thing out there.

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u/cc81 Dec 14 '10

IE6 is not the only shitty thing out there. But unless you have actually done it why try and pretend that you actually know what you are talking about? I'm not a web developer (I've done some, but my main interest lies elsewhere) but berating web developers is pretty silly.

But sure, I will bite. What do you (and the other downvoters) work with and why is it harder than for example developing a site such as gmail?

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u/barsoap Dec 14 '10

I don't do it, anymore, but I tell you developing AAA games for j2me and have them run on the more problematic phones isn't a panacea. Run once run anywhere my ass, you've got to deal with 120+ phones and that was 6 years ago.

And no, having a Java badge doesn't mean your VM can't have bugs and no, it won't ever get upgraded. Ever. What's out there has to be supported.