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Subject: Re: [OT]Top 25 Explanations by Programmers

Author: gerold daniels

Date: 05:23:12 07/09/05

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On July 09, 2005 at 01:35:32, Madhavan wrote:

>1.  Strange...
>2.  I've never heard about that.
>3.  It did work yesterday.
>4.  Well, the program needs some fixing.
>5.  How is this possible?
>6.  The machine seems to be broken.
>7.  Has the operating system been updated?
>8.  The user has made an error again.
>9.  There is something wrong in your test data.
>10. I have not touched that module!
>11. Yes yes, it will be ready in time.
>12. You must have the wrong executable.
>13. Oh, it's just a feature.
>14. I'm almost ready.
>15. Of course, I just have to do these small fixes.
>16. It will be done in no time at all.
>17. It's just some unlucky coincidence.
>18. I can't test everything!
>19. THIS can't do THAT.
>20. Didn't I fix it already?
>21. It's already there, but it has not been tested.
>22. It works, but it's not been tested.
>23. Somebody must have changed my code.
>24. There must be a virus in the application software.
>25. Even though it does not work, how does it feel
>
>I wonder who does this?
>Bob?
>
>Bob is gonna take the same old crafty version to WCCC
>unfortunately,testers report Crafty 19.15 is much better than 19.19
>
>:-)

Good morning Madhaven. Very good post. Some time ago i tested the top engine
and reported the results. I got the reply back from the programer
"Your machine is broken". What a joker. :-}

Good luck on your comic book,

Gerold.



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