Re: phpsadness
| From: | Larry Martell | Date: | Fri, 03 Jun 2011 16:07:59 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: phpsadness | ||
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On Fri, Jun 3, 2011 at 9:29 AM, Daniel Brown <danbrown@php.net> wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 22:14, Paul M Foster <paulf@quillandmouse.com> wrote:
>> On Thu, Jun 02, 2011 at 01:02:26PM -0400, Daniel Brown wrote:
>>
>>> On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 22:13, Bill Guion <bguion@comcast.net> wrote:
>>> >
>>> > So if I understand, you want an explode() with empty parameters to explode
>>> > the host machine?
>>>
>>> That's correct. If it causes too much userland confusion, we can
>>> alias it as detonate() as well.
>>
>> It would be so hilarious if this made it into the docs as a (spoof)
>> command. I could see some n00b skimming over the docs and going, "Wait,
>> what--?"
>>
>> Oh-- how about if the detonate() command just echoed a series of "tick"
>> strings to the web page? Can't you just imagine the frantic tech support
>> calls from n00b PHP coders to the tech support departments of their
>> hosting companies? "Oh crap oh crap! Pick up the phone already! Oh
>> crap I'm so busted!"
>>
>> Reminds me (obliquely) of an entry in the index for "The C Programming
>> Language" for recursion, which points right back to that index page. I
>> about doubled over when I first discovered it.
>
> That's hilarious. I love subtle humor like that.
Check out intercal:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/INTERCAL