What is the most absurd code you've ever seen?

[e19293001]

https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-most-absurd-code-youve-ever-seen?share=1

[DrJones1098]

Lol, cron jobbed scripts. Instead of changing the code they would just write a new script and cron it 1 second after the original script.

Problem solved!

[lillesvin → DrJones1098]

Is there a cron implementation that gives you control down to the second?

[SteveNuts → DrJones1098]

Wouldn't that cause horrible problems depending on what the script does?

[rabboRubble]

Pretty much any code I've written and reviewed after a couple of months.

[jdietrich]

Obligatory link to TheDailyWTF:

http://thedailywtf.com/

[abawany]

The Magic Servlet pattern in action: a 4000+ line function implemented in a jsp file; took a while to refactor that dumpster fire. I have never put much stock in 'licensing' for software developers but the aforesaid monstrosity really made me consider whether I should rethink my position.

[chrishepner]

I once encountered a 2K+ line script handling submissions from something like a contact form.

If a client submitted a value for which the key didn't exist in the database table, it wasn't ignored - the application would alter the table to add that row to the database so it could insert it.

[vacri]

Surely there's prior art on the AT&T one? Might be a bit hard to search for, though.

[lillesvin]

Found an "if (true or false) { ... }" in a PHP project my team is maintaining. It was from before we took over the project so we don't know where it comes from.

[aappleby]

class CSectionOfSingleMaterialDrawableObjectBuilder { ... };