Ben Halpern

Posted on Apr 19, 2018

Give me your best programming haiku

#discuss

Top comments (54)

Ian Johnson • Apr 19 '18 • Edited

My code fails.
I do not know why.
My code works.
I do not know why.

😜

Pierre Bouillon • Apr 19 '18 • Edited

>>> import this
Beautiful is better than ugly.
Explicit is better than implicit.
Simple is better than complex.
Complex is better than complicated.
Flat is better than nested.
Sparse is better than dense.
Readability counts.
Special cases aren't special enough to break the rules.
Although practicality beats purity.
Errors should never pass silently.
Unless explicitly silenced.
In the face of ambiguity, refuse the temptation to guess.
There should be one-- and preferably only one --obvious way to do it.
Although that way may not be obvious at first unless you're Dutch.
Now is better than never.
Although never is often better than *right* now.
If the implementation is hard to explain, it's a bad idea.
If the implementation is easy to explain, it may be a good idea.
Namespaces are one honking great idea -- let's do more of those!

Alex Alberto • Mar 11 '22

include

using namespace std;

int main()
{
cout << "Beautiful is better than ugly." << endl;
cout << "Explicit is better than implicit." << endl;
cout << "Simple is better than complex." << endl;
cout << "Complex is better than complicated." << endl;
cout << "Flat is better than nested." << endl;
cout << "Sparse is better than dense." << endl;
cout << "Readability counts." << endl;
cout << "Special cases aren't special enough to break the rules." << endl;
cout << "Although practicality beats purity." << endl;
cout << "Errors should never pass silently." << endl;
cout << "Unless explicitly silenced." << endl;
cout << "In the face of ambiguity, refuse the temptation to guess." << endl;
cout << "There should be one-- and preferably only one --obvious way to do it." << endl;
cout << "Although that way may not be obvious at first unless you're Dutch." << endl;
cout << "Now is better than never." << endl;
cout << "never is often better than right now." << endl;
cout << "If the implementation is hard to explain, it's a bad idea." << endl;
cout << "If the implementation is easy to explain, it may be a good idea" << endl;
cout << "Namespaces are one honking great idea -- let's do more of those" << endl;

return 0;

}
code with C++

Max Antonucci • Apr 19 '18

Think I'm a genius
Bend computers to my will
I just google stuff

Ryan Palo • Apr 19 '18

coding is the best
don’t let it make you feel dumb
keep calm, debug on

Also

we are all friends here
there is room for all people
but... tabs are for chumps

Paul • Apr 19 '18

I will fight you man
tabs are better than spaces
refrigerator

Ryan Palo • Apr 20 '18 • Edited

I can't tell a lie
your word skills are impressive
now I think we're friends

Ryan Palo • Apr 19 '18

Sorry, I can’t stop!

python: less is more
ruby: devs should be happy
what langs do you love?

Tiago Padrela Amaro • Apr 19 '18 • Edited

No code runs faster than no code.
No code has fewer bugs than no code.
No code uses less memory than no code.
No code is easier to understand than no code.

Mike Perham

Bhupesh Varshney 👾 • Dec 8 '18

True af

Max Antonucci • Apr 19 '18

I'm a nice guy, but
write CSS in JS?
I'll lose my damn mind.

Paul • Apr 19 '18

That second line. Nice!

Jorge Suarez • Apr 19 '18

what is with this code?
oh my, looks like I wrote it
what was I thinking?

Mike • Apr 20 '18

All time favourite:

Cannot be located, but
Countless more exist.

Chaos reigns within.
Reflect, repent, and reboot.
Order shall return.

Program aborting:
Close all that you have worked on.
You ask far too much.

Windows NT crashed.
I am the Blue Screen of Death.
No one hears your screams.

Yesterday it worked.
Today it is not working.
Windows is like that.

Your file was so big.
It might be very useful.
But now it is gone.

Stay the patient course.
Of little worth is your ire.
The network is down.

A crash reduces
Your expensive computer
To a simple stone.

Three things are certain:
Death, taxes and lost data.
Guess which has occurred.

You step in the stream,
But the water has moved on.
This page is not here.

Out of memory.
We wish to hold the whole sky,
But we never will.

Having been erased,
The document you're seeking
Must now be retyped.

Serious error.
All shortcuts have disappeared.
Screen. Mind. Both are blank.

mamba0076 • Dec 28 '21

All of the above - Has it been that long since I laughed at my computer? ! lmao
Three things are certain:
Death, taxes and lost data.
Guess which has occurred. - defo 1st level engineering

Serious error.
All shortcuts have disappeared.
Screen. Mind. Both are blank.
loooooooool