Dear Java library guy

[fogus]

http://blog.tmorris.net/dear-java-library-guy/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

[brown9-2]

Dumb code can be written in any language.

[m0th87 → brown9-2]

True, though some languages are more inviting.

[wlievens → m0th87]

I don't get it. What does this have to do with Java?

[sage_joch → brown9-2]

Also: unit tests can only take you so far. If the code is brittle, it will find a way to break.

[frisco]

I like the check for /etc/passwd. For a second the thought that it might just be the most ghetto platform check heuristic ever blipped into my mind, and then I remembered that integer arithmetic is totally portable anyway so it doesn't matter -- and it's Java, so it doesn't matter. I hope OP actually saw this code in the wild somewhere; that'd be kind of amazing.

[juiceandjuice]

DRY humor?

[DanielRibeiro → juiceandjuice]

Don't know. Maybe some humor, but definitely not dry.

[juiceandjuice → DanielRibeiro]

DRY bumor?