20 replies by programmers, when their programs do not work.
- “That’s weird…”
- “It’s never done that before.”
- “It worked yesterday.”
- “How is that possible?”
- “It must be a hardware problem.”
- “What did you type in wrong to get it to crash?”
- “There is something funky in your data.”
- “I haven’t touched that module in weeks!”
- “You must have the wrong version.”
- “It’s just some unlucky coincidence.”
- “I can’t test everything!”
- “THIS can’t be the source of THAT.”
- “It works, but it hasn’t been tested.”
- “Somebody must have changed my code.”
- “Did you check for a virus on your system?”
- “Even though it doesn’t work, how does it feel?
- “You can’t use that version on your system.”
- “Why do you want to do it that way?”
- “Where were you when the program blew up? and the number One reply is:
- “It works on my machine.”
If you like this, then you should check programmer’s life too.
Well documented. I can use this and pass on to my clients saying “If the above happens email me at no-reply@mydomain.com” :)))
Regards
Murtaza
Maimoon.net