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minus-squareIphtashuFitz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up334arrow-down1·edit-22 years agoMany years ago I had to try to debug a memory manager written by a really talented software engineer, with an interesting take on naming things… He referred to blocks of memory as “cookies”. He had a temporary variable named “handy” because it was handy to have around. He had a second temporary variable that referenced the first one that he called “son_of_handy”. If corruption was detected in a block of memory then it would set the flag “shit_cookie_corrupt”. If too many cookies were corrupt then the system would halt by calling the function “oh_shit_oh_shit_oh_shit”.
minus-squaredhtseany@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up46arrow-down1·2 years agoTo be honest I’d like to see his resume, kinda wanna hire him
minus-squareIphtashuFitz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up46·2 years agoThat was close to 30 years ago - a DOS memory manager written prior to Windows 3.0. He’s likely retired now…
minus-squareVictoria@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up55·2 years agoproposal to rename exit() to oh_shit_oh_shit_oh_shit()
minus-squarevrighter@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up12·2 years agofuck_this_shit_im_outta_here()
minus-squareKIM_JONG@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 years agoIn the 90s there was a Redhat distro called Cartman.
minus-squarez500@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 years agoRed Hat 6.1, that was my first Linux distro.
minus-squareRenny Protogenny@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 years agoscrew_you_im_gonna_go_play_minecraft()
minus-squareDrew Belloc@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up45·2 years agoI will keep this legacy alive within my code
minus-squareWakmrow@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up29arrow-down1·2 years agoOkay yeah but I know what all those variables do
Many years ago I had to try to debug a memory manager written by a really talented software engineer, with an interesting take on naming things…
He referred to blocks of memory as “cookies”.
He had a temporary variable named “handy” because it was handy to have around.
He had a second temporary variable that referenced the first one that he called “son_of_handy”.
If corruption was detected in a block of memory then it would set the flag “shit_cookie_corrupt”.
If too many cookies were corrupt then the system would halt by calling the function “oh_shit_oh_shit_oh_shit”.
I like him already
To be honest I’d like to see his resume, kinda wanna hire him
That was close to 30 years ago - a DOS memory manager written prior to Windows 3.0. He’s likely retired now…
proposal to rename exit() to oh_shit_oh_shit_oh_shit()
screw_you_guys_im_going_home()
fuck_this_shit_im_outta_here()
In the 90s there was a Redhat distro called Cartman.
Red Hat 6.1, that was my first Linux distro.
screw_you_im_gonna_go_play_minecraft()
I will keep this legacy alive within my code
Okay yeah but I know what all those variables do
Ugh.
Sounds like my type of guy.