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(idea) by K9 (10.2 mon) (print)   ?   (I like it!) 1 C! Wed Aug 09 2000 at 13:03:21

Top 12 things likely to be overheard if you had a Klingon programmer in your company.

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

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Trilingual Everything, a start Oh my God! There's an axe in my head! Why I wear black No Treason: The Constitution of No Authority
I am not a hacker Revenge is a dish best served cold God comments his code, you should too Jem'Hadar
feature creep It compiles! Ship it! Klingon Amusing comments in source code
Why programmers don't comment their code Worf Dilbert Chewbacca
A Starfleet Officer's Field Guide to First Contact bat'leth The not at all wittily titled end of 2002 London noder meet arithmetic IF
The Star Trek Project The write-up contributed to by the most people Write your own stuff release engineer
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