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My first manager was technically savvy. He was a software engineer and has written many of the earlier versions of the software. It was lovely technical discussion. But he sucked as a manager / leader, just following orders from the top 
He would come and tell us what is going to happen and expresses his frustration and disagreements. poor fella, can't he fix the world? 
Yusuf
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CIDev wrote: And people ( especially non-programmers/managers ) don't understand why I say that just because it seems to work doesn't mean that it is good code.
Sometimes, when I tell a manager about the Obscure C contest, tne light goes on 
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We can build upon this!
try
{
if (thisBoolVar == true? true : false)
{
thatBoolVar = (thisBoolVar != false? true : false);
}
else
{
thatBoolVar = (thisBoolVar == false? false : true);
}
}
catch {}
if (thatBoolVar != thisBoolVar) ...
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There's a slim chance that the author was trimming some code now and had reason to believe additional code would be added. (Though a comment to that effect would have been useful.)
Anyone who thinks he has a better idea of what's good for people than people do is a swine.
- P.J. O'Rourke
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You must be new to this coding thing... you will see stuff that's far worse.
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 pretty much sums it up.
"The clue train passed his station without stopping." - John Simmons / outlaw programmer
"Real programmers just throw a bunch of 1s and 0s at the computer to see what sticks" - Pete O'Hanlon
"Not only do you continue to babble nonsense, you can't even correctly remember the nonsense you babbled just minutes ago." - Rob Graham
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Resign now. Don't expose yourself to such level of idiocy, unless you really need the money. And if you can't resign, ensure you make your coworker feel "proud" enough of his achievement to never do such a thing again!
Ok, don't be too harsh.
To those who understand, I extend my hand.
To the doubtful I demand: Take me as I am.
Not under your command, I know where I stand.
I won't change to fit yout plan. Take me as I am.
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Monty2 wrote: if(i==0)
*outcallRecvCount = 0;
else
*outcallRecvCount = i ;
Actually, I use constructs similar to this while debugging. Conditional breakpoints can be very expensive in time when one is running a source-level debugger. To avoid dying of old age while the program executes in the debugger, I'll create an if-block like this, then set an unconditional breakpoint on, say, the *outcallRevCount = 0 line; that way, the debugger runs much faster, and I get the debugger to stop when i == 0. Leaving it in production code, however, is sloppy to say the least.
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void CWhatever::OnOK()
{
CWnd* pWnd = GetFocus();
if (pWnd)
pWnd->SetFocus();
CTabPage::OnOK();
}
The function was appropriately commented with a Doxygen comment stating "OK. This method is called by the framework when the user chooses the OK button."
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"The clue train passed his station without stopping." - John Simmons / outlaw programmer
"Real programmers just throw a bunch of 1s and 0s at the computer to see what sticks" - Pete O'Hanlon
"Not only do you continue to babble nonsense, you can't even correctly remember the nonsense you babbled just minutes ago." - Rob Graham
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That's the reason C++ is called an IMPERATIVE LANGUAGE.
BTW it reminds my another (already posted) horror:
If a=1 And a<>2 And a<>3 Then
If the Lord God Almighty had consulted me before embarking upon the Creation, I would have recommended something simpler.
-- Alfonso the Wise, 13th Century King of Castile.
This is going on my arrogant assumptions. You may have a superb reason why I'm completely wrong.
-- Iain Clarke
[My articles]
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Sorry - losing focus now. Need caffeine.
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No, caffeine or no caffeine, you *must* focus, NOW...
Yusuf
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In your project, If you are using if condition like
enum
{
Blue_c,
Yellow_c,
Red_c
};
int color;
if( color == yellow_c)
{
.....
......
}
or
if(color != Red_c)
{
....
.....
}
Now you know by mistake if you forget one = or !
means if(color = yellow_c) or if(color = Red_c)
then no error will come and bug fixing cost for your projects
So To avoid this cost you should use
if(yellow_c == color)
{
.....
......
}
or
if(Red_c != color)
{
....
.....
}
Now if you forgot to put one = ot ! then compilation error will come..
So this should be in coding standard to use like this...
Truth Can'nt be changed
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That's correct, in fact here we encourage people to use
the most ugly, unwell formed and disaster bringing code
that they may come up to. 
Learn from the mistakes of others, you may not live long enough to make them all yourself.
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BadKarma wrote: That's correct, in fact here we encourage people to use
the most ugly, unwell formed and disaster bringing code
that they may come up to. Poke tongue
Or otherwise known as: Job Security
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We should write our own coding standard.
For beginner
- Writing Code Horrors for dummies
- Learn to Code in Horror Style in 21 days
For Professionals
- Advanced Horror Techniques : When template gone wrong
- Gibberish : Take your obfuscation skill to a higher level
Learn from the mistakes of others, you may not live long enough to make them all yourself.
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BadKarma wrote: That's correct, in fact here we encourage people to use
the most ugly, unwell formed and disaster bringing code
that they may come up to.
I think you should have had some coffee before making this statement, as he is exactly right. Placing the constant first will catch this error, which is one of the common typographic errors in C-style languages.
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Real C programmers (i.e. real men) don't use such girly tricks. They bravely make mistakes whenever is needed.
If the Lord God Almighty had consulted me before embarking upon the Creation, I would have recommended something simpler.
-- Alfonso the Wise, 13th Century King of Castile.
This is going on my arrogant assumptions. You may have a superb reason why I'm completely wrong.
-- Iain Clarke
[My articles]
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I am not talking about a single or some person who can take care his code itself nicely. But when you will come to some big organization then Why they follows some process becausethey want minimize defects, minimize manpower,etc. So this small care can save some time .
Truth Can'nt be changed
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asadullah ansari wrote: minimize manpower
Hence not a real-men company!
BTW What is the point on minimizing manpower in software industry? Our work is creative after all, don't you agree?
The Software Laborer
If the Lord God Almighty had consulted me before embarking upon the Creation, I would have recommended something simpler.
-- Alfonso the Wise, 13th Century King of Castile.
This is going on my arrogant assumptions. You may have a superb reason why I'm completely wrong.
-- Iain Clarke
[My articles]
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We should create the union of real men, excuse me, C programmers. We'd fight to protect our jobs, our interests and our bugs!
To those who understand, I extend my hand.
To the doubtful I demand: Take me as I am.
Not under your command, I know where I stand.
I won't change to fit yout plan. Take me as I am.
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