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Come on ... Yoda Conditions is the easiest way to catch assignment in if statements:
if (5 = value) ...
causes the compiler to moan, whereas
if (value = 5) ...
does not and accidentally assigns 5 to value and ends up always executing the if block.
Commented Jul 20, 2012 on New Programming Jargon at Coding Horror
New Programming Jargon
Stack Overflow – like most online communities I've studied – naturally trends toward increased strictness over time. It's primarily a defense mechanism, an immune system of the sort a child develops after first entering school or daycare and being exposed to the wide, wide world of everyday sne...
And for another POV take a look here - http://www.thestandard.org.nz/
Commented Mar 26, 2009 on Why Earth hour is a colossal waste of time at Save the Humans
Why Earth hour is a colossal waste of time
Go here to find out! There is a mention of the Copenhagen Consensus also, which might offer a sense of perspective for those caught up in the empty-headed euphoria.
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