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Just going out on a limb here but I suspect Marc was in fact being snarky while trying to express the sentiment that #SoftwareDevelopmentIs way too broad a subject to sum up in 140 characters.
There are two types of people in this world: those that pronounce GIF with a soft G, and those who do not deserve to speak words, ever.
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Mike Mullikin wrote: Just going out on a limb here but I suspect Marc was in fact being snarky while trying to express the sentiment that #SoftwareDevelopmentIs way too broad a subject to sum up in 140 characters.
Bingo
Marc
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He was joking for gods sake. The use of the word 'twitter' is an invitation for jokes here. That's the take away.
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
"I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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Yes, snarky.  Actually, I totally forgot to click on the "joke" icon.
pdohara wrote: I feel like I should pay attention cause you have creds.
Dang, you are TOO nice. OK, here goes:
Software Development is the process, partly art, partly science, in which a repeatable (albeit possibly highly complex) process (notice the fractalization?) is analyzed sufficiently such that the process can be reproduced in code, including accounting for random events such as user input.
A bit more than the 140 character limit, but it's hard to get the entire concept whittled down to its bare essentials.
[edit] I should get brownie points for what I think is actually the first serious answer you've gotten. [/edit]
Marc
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Thanks,
Precisely the kind of thing I was looking for.
Pat O
modified 11-Apr-16 17:55pm.
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First "serious" answer here. I appreciate that this is the Lounge and Jokes are pretty normal. I really did not get it as a Joke, and still don't. I appreciate that people here think twitter is a Joke, just as people on stack overflow think that Code Project is a joke. At least those that have heard of Code Project. I tend not to pay attention to what is common knowledge.
In any situation there are any number of things that are obvious, intuitive and wrong.
Pat O
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The lounge is one of those places where one has to tread carefully as there can definitely be a high degree of hazing (perhaps too strong a word) that goes on.
I'm curious, why were you interested in this "Software Development Is" survey?
Marc
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Despite my 30+ years in the industry I am not naive to the fact that there are corners I have not spent time in. I am wondering about other peoples experience. The idea of using twitter came from:
1) The twitter discussion between Ron Jefferies [^], Robert Martin [^] and Gregory Brown Gregory Brown (@practicingdev) | Twitter[^] about Uncle Bob's Programmers OathClean Coder Blog[^]. Obviously missed it when it originally came out.
2) I did not think most people would put in the time to write a "complete" answer just for my curiosity.
3) I wanted to hear from people that I do not know. Obviously I can ask my friends and co-workers.
4) I believe there is power in forcing oneself to be concise.
5) I do not have sufficient interest to read even 15 pages from each of my friends on the subject, much less from a larger audience.
Pat O
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It seems you didn't got the idea of the Lounge...Nothing serious here (except the RIP posts)...
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter wrote: except the RIP posts
And not even those all the time... By the way, did you hear the Leslie Nielsen died?
Oh, and I know this is a repost, but I still like this one a lot:
Version 1[^]
Version 2[^]
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Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
Anonymous
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
Winston Churchill, 1944
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I'd just like a chance to prove that money can't make me happy.
Me, all the time
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My post wasn't a RIP post, so it wasn't serious...including the 'RIP posts' part...Especially the 'RIP posts' part... 
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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Not certain what is the point of "this" ? 
You feel that aggravated by the OP that you feel you need to answer this ?
I wonder sometimes if CP is becoming an exclusive member only club.
I'd rather be phishing!
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Maximilien wrote: I wonder sometimes if CP is becoming an exclusive member only club.
Certain things on CP have been for a long time. 
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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Pfft! Don't listen to Ryan he's only been here 10 years. Noob!!!
There are two types of people in this world: those that pronounce GIF with a soft G, and those who do not deserve to speak words, ever.
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I've been a member for a long time. I am just not a cool kid. I don't know how to get the points I guess. Honestly not worried about it. Just thought there might be some creative responses.
Maybe Not.
Pat O
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pdohara wrote: I don't know how to get the points I guess.
In my case, you just talk bollocks in the Lounge.
In the case of people like Marc, Griff, and JSOP (and others -- you're not unnoticed, but I'm a lazy typist), you publish articles that help others, and help others fix problems that they've been struggling with.
The only exclusive cliques I've seen in CP are based on religion, which -- although intolerable --is the same everywhere, and is best ignored.
Don't knock guys who are doing so much to actually help their fellow devs.
Take a poke at me, instead. All I do is talk bollocks, and I'm always happy to have a barney.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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If you have uncertainties about Marc's posting, just pick the 140 characters of it that you like best, and remember them.
... And try to get the joke, for Heaven's sake!
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Perhaps it was not funny. I was not upset, just baffled.
Pat O
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i.e. you didn't get the joke.
It's the CP Lounge, eh? Look for a joke, before looking for trouble.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Still don't, but don't explain it. It's never funny if you have to explain it.
Pat O
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Mark_Wallace wrote: And try to get the joke, for Heaven's sake!
Ding! we have a winner!
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
"I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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Comes in at under 140,000 characters, so post it!
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Software Development is for people who have a life and imagination. It's not for twitter-heads.
Decrease the belief in God, and you increase the numbers of those who wish to play at being God by being “society’s supervisors,” who deny the existence of divine standards, but are very serious about imposing their own standards on society.-Neal A. Maxwell
You must accept 1 of 2 basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe or we are not alone. Either way, the implications are staggering!-Wernher von Braun
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... a great way to meet girls. Girls who signed up for a programming class accidently. And then realized that they couldn't do it (note that this does not include the great many female developers who actually rock!). Then realized that there were a bunch of guys eager to help them. 
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If only that would have been true in my day.
Pat O
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