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comatose_kid
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Interesting. So I wonder if exceptions are the programming language analogue of swearing?
seethefnords
on May 14, 2008
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NullFuckingPointerException.
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They are certainly highly correlated.
dhotson
on May 14, 2008
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Obligatory xkcd comic:
http://xkcd.com/290/
MaysonL
on July 1, 2008
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Second obligatory xbcd:
http://xkcd.com/292/
VelociRaptorException
mechanical_fish
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Now
that
is insightful. I think you're saying that, when a program gets into an unstable state of stress and confusion, it throws exceptions...
and vice versa
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I could buy that.
eru
on May 14, 2008
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Python swears a lot.
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