QOTD: Life as a programmer.

Quote as to recent discussions about directions of software evolution. I enjoyed it. Disclaimer 1: I did not wrote it. I do not mean anything or anybody by it. It's just a quote. Disclaimer 2: It contains words that some authorities regard to dangerous to be displayed on computer screen. Consider yourself warned. -- Stanislav Malyshev, Zend Products Engineer stas@zend.com http://www.zend.com/ +972-3-6139665 ext.106 ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2000 10:09:44 -0800 From: glen mccready <gkm@petting-zoo.net> To: 0xdeadbeef@petting-zoo.net Subject: QOTD: Life as a programmer. Forwarded-by: Nev Dull <nev@sleepycat.com> From: "Nick Foster" <levandis@hotmail.com> You know, when you have a program that does something really cool, and you wrote it from scratch, and it took a significant part of your life, you grow fond of it. When it's finished, it feels like some kind of amorphous sculpture that you've created. It has an abstract shape in your head that's completely independent of its actual purpose. Elegant, simple, beautiful. Then, only a year later, after making dozens of pragmatic alterations to suit the people who use it, not only has your Venus-de-Milo lost both arms, she also has a giraffe's head sticking out of her chest and a cherubic penis that squirts colored water into a plastic bucket. The romance has become so painful that each day you struggle with an overwhelming urge to smash the fucking thing to pieces with a hammer. Nick Foster