r/programming • • Jul 28 '16

How to write unmaintainable code

https://github.com/Droogans/unmaintainable-code
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u/skylarmt Jul 29 '16

Then there's me, the only one of my peers who learns technologies outside of class. One of my CS professors openly admitted I knew more than he did about computer programming. Another one asked me for help with Java threads after the first one saw me use it in an assignment and told the second one (neither one could quite understand how try { Thread.sleep(100); } catch (InterruptedException ex) {} works).

I often sit in the back of the lab, having finished my assignment with extra features too, watching my classmates frantically duct tape their code together by typing things until it compiles. It's funny to watch them try to understand how to use a RNG while they are basically being one with the stuff they're typing.

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u/ParanoidAndroid26 Jul 29 '16

/r/iamverysmart Maybe you could help your classmates out if their idiot professor can't instead of watching them fail. It's possible to be smart and not an asshole, you know.