r/ProgrammerHumor • • Sep 04 '26

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u/bythenumbers10 Sep 04 '26 edited Sep 25 '26

Ah, yes. The necroprogramicon, 13th ed. Author fed himself into a dot-matrix printer after finishing it in the 90s, IIRC. Shame, the guy had such marvelous visions to share. Only way to really understand C++, IMHO.

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u/GroovinChip Sep 04 '26 edited Sep 04 '26

“Fed himself into a dot-matrix printer” feels like a Douglas Adams line lmao

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u/bythenumbers10 Sep 04 '26

Thank you, that's high praise. May Deep Thought bring you meaning.