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Re^3: Why do we like to program?by lima1 (Curate) |
| on Nov 09, 2008 at 21:49 UTC ( #722526=note: print w/ replies, xml ) | Need Help?? |
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There is this incredible, cool, liberating feeling after hours of debugging complicated code when it finally works. A professor of mine called this an algorasm: n. (Origin: blend of algorithm + orgasm) A sudden, short-lived moment of pleasure enjoyed by the programmer when the final kludge rings the bell.
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