And for their sins, they get it.
2. And then shall the young and inexperienced programmer proclaim loudly
to all who will listen:
"Those who came before me were ignorant and foolish."
Codethulu looks on, and says: "Well, go and see what you can do. "
3. The young and inexperienced programmer cries loudly to all who will
listen:
This is not a program, but a refuse bin. At every turn I find snares to
catch the unwary, pits of refuse and stinking entrails, and the very
heart of it seems to be made of mud and sticks.
Codethulu looks on, and says: "Well, go and see what you can do. "
4. The young and inexperienced programmer cries loudly to all who will
listen:
I cannot fix this. It is excrement. I can rewrite this from scratch in
less time than it will take to make the changes you seek.
Codethulu looks on, and says: "Well, go and see what you can do. "
5. The young and inexperienced programmer cries loudly to all who will
listen:
World, hear my cry: It would be faster and
easier to cast this away into the deep, and begin afresh. I understand
the way of the true methods; I will build an elegant tower rising up out
of the remains of this awful rubbish.
Codethulu looks on, and says: "Well, go and see what you can do. "
6. Days pass, and seasons change. Projects fail, or succeed. The details may vary, but one thing does not.
On the chosen day, the young and inexperienced programmer realizes that what he has constructed is simply a different collection of rubbish, mud and offal than that used by the previous tower.
7. Codethulu looks on, and says: "Now you have become one of us."