• (disco) in reply to Tsaukpaetra

    Awfulness is multidimensional.

  • (disco) in reply to Tsaukpaetra
    Tsaukpaetra:
    Perhaps I'm missing the definition of "worse"

    They're different types of “worse”. You can have both at the same time. :sob:

  • (disco) in reply to Rhywden
    Rhywden:
    For some reason, I am always reminded of Rasputin.
    I always think of a young Catweazle.
  • (disco) in reply to Hasteur

    Simple typo - it was supposed to say ExpectFondler.

  • (disco) in reply to cheong
    cheong:
    it can be difficult to isolate the side effects.

    Like the 12-file, 14-class, 46-method, 5-second-running-time "retrieve a certain record" routine with an entry point that is called once in the entire codebase only to have its return value of nondeterministic utility discarded. But it isn't a no-op, because an exception is thrown, then swallowed by a logger at the bottom. Later the logfile is consulted to see if there have been any recent additions, and that's how the record('s pkey) is obtained.

    Like that?

  • (disco) in reply to Watson

    :do_not_want.webm:

  • (disco) in reply to Watson
    Watson:
    cheong:
    it can be difficult to isolate the side effects.

    Like the 12-file, 14-class, 46-method, 5-second-running-time "retrieve a certain record" routine with an entry point that is called once in the entire codebase only to have its return value of nondeterministic utility discarded. But it isn't a no-op, because an exception is thrown, then swallowed by a logger at the bottom. Later the logfile is consulted to see if there have been any recent additions, and that's how the record('s pkey) is obtained.

    Like that?

    Congratulations, you just described every framework.

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