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Programming Jokes

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The only good programming joke I know:

My other car is a cdr.

As you may know,
car and cdr are from LISP.

People are getting pretty sick of hearing this one from me though.

What's your favorite programming joke? Know of any good programming joke sites?

As a side note, how do you pronounce "cdr"? "coo-der" or "could-er"?

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  • Anonymous
    April 19, 2004
    I suggest you you not go around calling things "cooters". >_> It's pronounced "cee-dee-are".
  • Anonymous
    April 19, 2004
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  • Anonymous
    April 19, 2004
    More like "cudder", myself.
  • Anonymous
    April 19, 2004
    Sorry, what does it mean "cudder"?
  • Anonymous
    April 19, 2004
    I agree with David: c-d-r (see dee are)
  • Anonymous
    April 19, 2004
    When I learned scheme, we pronounced it "kidder"
  • Anonymous
    April 20, 2004
    The first one that comes to mind is this:

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    Why do programmers always mix up Halloween and Christmas?

    Because Oct 31 equals Dec 25.
    --

    and from the lisp faq:

    --
    car: Originally meant "Contents of Address portion of Register", which is what CAR actually did on the IBM 704.

    cdr: Originally meant "Contents of Decrement portion of Register", which is what CDR actually did on the IBM 704. Pronounced "Cudder" /kUdd@r/ (as in "a cow chews its cdr"). The first syllable is pronounced like "could".
    --
  • Anonymous
    April 20, 2004
    "could-r"

    My favorite joke so far is:

    Why do programmers always get halloween and christmas confused?

    because: 31 OCT == 25 DEC

  • Anonymous
    April 20, 2004
    echo..?
  • Anonymous
    April 20, 2004
    I was taught with the pronounciation of "cudder".. I agree with Alistair
  • Anonymous
    April 27, 2004
    % man woman
    No manual entry for woman
  • Anonymous
    July 07, 2004
    There are only 10 kinds of people in this world, those who know binary and those who don't