Is this a lasting treasure? Or just a moment's pleasure?

[recursivelyenumerable]

AT LONG LAST IT IS DONE*   

*

spoiler (click to show/hide)

and by "done" I mean "the first alpha version in which all the major features are sort of in place and sort of work is released internally"

[close]

[Bocsius]

Now begins the next major revision.

[recursivelyenumerable]

The question is, will computer programming still love me tomorrow?

[BlueTsunami]

Recursive, you so crazy

[Bocsius]

That's not the question at all.  Have you ever thought of taking up a new line work that doesn't make you crazy?

Blame the teachers?

"The use of COBOL cripples the mind; it's teaching should, therefore, be regarded as a criminal offense."

"It is practically impossible to teach good programming to students that have had a prior exposure to BASIC: as potential programmers they are mentally mutilated beyond hope of regeneration."

"Object-oriented programming is an exceptionally bad idea which could only have originated in California."

[recursivelyenumerable]

Dijkstra

the third quote may be apocryphal, though

[Bocsius]

+1

Although I'm quite accustomed to having to google whenever I enter a recursive thread.

[Joe Molotov]

I didn't read the spoiler, but I assume that Recursive just got his cherry popped.

[recursivelyenumerable]

lulz, not quite.

[Tauntaun]

You must find the one piece! 

[Bebpo]

Everything is just a moment.

[recursivelyenumerable]

I wouldn't give it a subject line like this if it were about a girl.  Wouldn't be prudent.

I haven't thought about relationships with women in quite some time, actually.  I'm focused on becoming a man of character.

[CajoleJuice]

All happiness is fleeting.

[recursivelyenumerable]

Which war?  1900-1917 is my favorite time period ever, so pre-WWI works for me.