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The Weird and The Wonderful forum is a place to post Coding Horrors, Worst Practices, and the occasional flash of brilliance.

We all come across code that simply boggles the mind. Lazy kludges, embarrassing mistakes, horrid workarounds and developers just not quite getting it. And then somedays we come across - or write - the truly sublime.

Post your Best, your worst, and your most interesting. But please - no programming questions . This forum is purely for amusement and discussions on code snippets. All actual programming questions will be removed.

 
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kholsinger15-Sep-22 9:50
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Dan Neely23-Sep-22 10:22
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Richard Deeming25-Sep-22 21:47
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Dan Neely26-Sep-22 4:52
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GeneralEmbarrassing newbie mistake Pin
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Marc Clifton12-Sep-22 12:54
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Rick York19-Sep-22 21:50
mveRick York19-Sep-22 21:50 
You might remember that several years Intel had a problem with division with a Pentium processor. The same thing had happened - some edge cases were overlooked. That prompted them to enact a rule that the guy who writes the microcode can not write the test vectors.
"They have a consciousness, they have a life, they have a soul! Damn you! Let the rabbits wear glasses! Save our brothers! Can I get an amen?"

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GeneralAnother ancient oddity in .net Pin
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