Subj : Re: Is well written code a rare species ?
To   : comp.programming
From : Charles Richmond
Date : Sun Aug 14 2005 09:00 pm

CBFalconer wrote:
> 
> Scott Moore wrote:
> >
> ... snip ...
> >
> > To be perfectly mean about it, programmers are like dogs. They
> > need their noses pressed into their messes.
> 
> However, like dogs, they probably won't learn from that treatment.
> 
<joke>

To housetrain his puppy, every time the puppy pooped in the living
room, the guy would rub the puppy's nose in the poop and throw the 
dog out of the window. (first floor...don't worry) Anyway, one day
the guy noticed the dog going into the living room; so the guy hid
and watched.

The dog pooped in the floor, turn around and rubbed his own nose in
the poop, and then jumped out the window.

</joke>

So you see, dogs may *not* learn what you think...

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