Do you have any clever pseudo-code phrases? Maybe a common phrase that has analogous pseudo-code? What's your best one?
For example, one I've seen, from bash.org:
A programmer started to cuss Because getting to sleep was a fuss As he lay there in bed Looping 'round in his head was: while(!asleep()) sheep++
One I thought of/use:
foreach(bill) paywith(skill)Have any to share?
What would you call these if you gave them a name?
void CreateLimerick() {
#define poemKind terriblySlick
if (lines == 5
&& rhymesWith("live") {
DoLaugh(); Perform(new Trick()); }}
Can't remember the original off the top of my head (feel free to edit this if you can) but something like this. For Star Wars fans
do || !do;
// try {};
pthread_mutex_lock(&coop_mutex);
pthread_cond_wait(&hatched_cv, &coop_mutex);
ct = count_chickens();
pthread_mutex_unlock(&coop_mutex);
Code to display the name of everyone's favorite web site ... eventually:
void x(void) { x(); }
I forget the original source of this; it had some other ones it it, but I also forget what they were.
class Employee
{
long lunches;
short hours;
double pay;
};
Spinoff on Uri's answer...
public class Chicken {
private Chicken() {
...
}
public Egg layEgg() {
return new Egg();
}
}
public class Egg {
private Egg() {
...
}
public Chicken hatch() {
return new Chicken();
}
}
From The Simpsons.
C:/dos, C:/dos/run, Run/dos/run
There's one from Futurama. A crippled (young) robot is holding this:
while (1){
printf("I love mom");
}
I$ find "your_lack_of_faith_disturbing"
probably lame .. but
class Person
{
//....
boolean exists()
{
return this.thinks();
}
boolean thinks()
{
return this.brain != null;
}
}
OK So it's SQL but still it tickles my fancy...
Select * from Users
Where Clue is not null
Rows Returned: 0
Courtesy of the Think Geek Overlords
while(DateTime.Now < DateTime.Now.Date.AddHours(17).AddMinutes(1))
{
HttpWebRequest myRequest =
(HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create("http://stackoverflow.com/users/USERID?sort=reputationhistory");
HttpWebResponse myResponse = (HttpWebResponse)myRequest.GetResponse();
}
public class Person
{
public DateTime LearningCurve { get; set; }
public DateTime LifeExpectancy { get; set; }
public bool Stoopid
{
get
{
return this.LearningCurve > this.LifeExpectancy;
}
}
}
From the movie The Shining
All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.
if (Work() and Not Play) then Jack = Dull
or
if (Work() && !Play) Jack = Dull;
def Life()
while heartbeats
wakeup
breakfast
if weekday
work
lunch
work
else
play
lunch
play
supper
bath
while (!sex)
sleep
exit
For the Star Wars geek...
$DO || ! $DO: try
try: command no found
OR
if(child.eatsVegetables()) {
child.becomeBigAndStrong();
}else{
child.remainSmallForever();
}
OR EVEN
if(self.makeFunnyFace()) {
if(faceMakingTime > aLongTime) {
self.face().freeze();
}
}
HermanD what about
if what.goes_around == what.comes_around
do.good
end
Name that tune:
if (baby.getEndDate() != null) {
setAddress(
new Dwelling("HeartBreak Hotel", "Lonely Street"));
}
for (int i=0; i<3; i++) {
loneliness++;
}
mood--;
if (crowded) { // crowded always true?
Room room = new Room();
room.setClientelle("BROKEN_HEARTED_LOVERS")
room.setFunction("GLOOM_AVERSION_THERAPY")
room.getInventory().add(new Carton("Tissues"));
room.book();
}
if (role() == BELL_HOP && teary()) {
global_tear_count++;
setResidency(PERMANENT);
}
if (role() == DESK_CLERK && getAttire.color() == Color.BLACK) {
setResidency(PERMANENT);
}
if (recent(baby.getEndDate()) && !member()) {
ambulate(getAddress("HeartBreak Hotel"));
}
Courtesy Gen-e-sis.com
C#:
while((bouncing = paycheck())) new Action(() => {})();
JavaScript:
while((bouncing = paycheck())) (function() {})();
for(int i=99; i>=0; i--)
{
if(i!=99) cout<< i <<" bottles of beer on the wall"<<endl;
cout<<i<<" bottles of beer on the wall, "<< i <<" bottles of beer."
<<"Take one down, pass it around, "
if(i==0) cout<<"no more bottles of beer on the wall. Hiccup!"<<endl<<endl;
}
Apple naming function:
function name($product){
return 'i'.$product;
}
Google naming function:
function name($product){
return $product.' beta';
}
Microsoft naming function:
function name($product){
return name($product);
}
reaction = screwed? flight() : fight();
Or:
function respond(situation) {
if (situation == screwed)
flight();
else
fight();
}
Here's a bible one:
class the_earth
{
...
};
class the_meek : public the_earth
{
...
};
When everybody tells you that you like every kind of woman:
class Everyone<T> where T : IDoable
{
T woman;
public void haveFun()
{
//Cool stuff goes here!
}
}
class Blonde : IDoable
{
...
}
class Brunette: IDoable
{
...
}
From just before last year's election (obviously referencing the former President Bush and the Presidential candidate Barack Obama and his running mate Joe Biden, for those not in the US):
Bush^3 vs. /O(s|b)ama Bi(n La)?den/ -- YOU DECIDE!
The only constant in our world is change:
public class OurWorld {
public const int change;
}
This is what I like to call: To be married
//Singleton
public class Marriage
{
static Marriage myMarriage = null; // the best option!!
public Woman myWoman {get; private set}; // why private!!
private Marriage
{
myWoman = new Woman(); // smelly code... no new
}
public static Marriage getInstance()
{
if(myMarriage == null)
myMarriage = new Marriage();
return myMarriage;
}
}
SELECT * FROM businesses WHERE business LIKE 'show_business%';
0 ROWS RETURNED
#!/bin/bash
# Apologies to John, Paul, George, and Ringo.
while true; do
echo "Strawberry Fields"
done
Or:
yes "*****" "=====" # Where's my sousaphone?
void test(char *str, int max) throw(...)
{
if (_stricmp(str, "Bathwater")
{
strcat_s(str, max, " Baby");
throw(str);
}
}
I make money this way!!
if (pocket.money.saving() < money.currency.usd(500)) {
moneyrenter money = new moneyrenter(4000, money.currency.usd());
pocket.money.charge(money);
}
Put it on a thread and you'll never get poor!!! :D :D
SELECT * FROM tblMeals WHERE type = 'lunch' AND cost = 0;
0 ROWS RETURNED
Whenever using a static variable in a function in PHP, I can never get past the temptation just to write:
static $x;
It makes the code really hard to understand, but it's totally worth it.
In commenting on an answer to this question, which asks about converting strings of hex digits to decimal, I ended by suggesting:
It's a matter of taste: 6 of one,
C>>1of another.
if ("a packet hits a pocket") {
On: a;
socket(ON, A ,PORT,"")
&& the bus is interrupted as a very-last-resort
&& the address of the memory makes your
floppy disk, abort;
} else {
"The socket packet pocket has an";
error: to-report;
}
if ("your cursor finds a menu item") {
"followed by a dash"
&& "the double clicking icon";
puts: your-items-in-the-trash
&& your data is corrupted cause the
index("doesn't", "hash");
} else {
"Your situation is hopeless"
&& Your system's gonna crash;
}
if ("the label on the cable") {
On-the-table, at-your-house;
Says_the;
sub network {"is connected to the button on your mouse"};
BUT: Your-packets, want-to;
{/tunnel to another protocol/};
thats: repeatedly-rejected;
{/by the printer/}; "down the hall"
&& "YOUR SCREEN is all distorted";
{/by the side effects of Gauss/};
so: "your icons", in-the-window;
"are as wavy as a souse";
} else {
YOU: "may as well reboot" && "go out with a !";
CAUSE: /Sure as Im a poet/;
THIS: suckers-gonna-hang;
}
print "Seuss as a tech writer - Kevin Meltzer\n";
Try this:
float or_sink = 0xB000;
int eresting_value = 1;
volatile bool sheet = TRUE;
$TheQuestion = (ToBe() || !ToBe());
Just saw this is based on the same quote as the highest rated pseudo-code example in this thread...
Might be something music relative.
function dance($year) {
if($year == 1990) {
$this->stop();
$this->hammer_time();
}
}
for(;$i<3;) {
$u;
}
"I Love you forever" (although i is undefined...)
Cheesy as...but every time I see someone type "<3" regarding "love" I always say it in my head as "less than three".