Chapter 3: One Character Wonders

The programs in this chapter all work and do what they are supposed to do - except that there are one or two characters out of place. Of course, these characters result in real surprises and total failures.

Program 17: Hello Again

We've done it again. We've broken "Hello World." What's wrong:

  1 #include <iostream>
  2
  3 int main()
  4 {
  5     std::cout << "Hello World!/n";
  6     return (0);
  7 }

(Next Hint 172. Answer 69.)

Real Programmers don't write in COBOL. COBOL is for wimpy applications programmers.

Real Programmers' programs never work right the first time. But if you throw them on the machine they can be patched into working in "only a few" 30-hour debugging sessions.

Real Programmers never work 9 to 5. If any Real Programmers are around at 9 a.m., it's because they were up all night.

Real Programmers don't document. Documentation is for simps who can't read the listings or the object deck.

Real Programmers don't write in Pascal, or BLISS, or Ada, or any of those pinko computer science languages. Strong typing is for people with weak memories.