At what age should we be inspecting all this code full of colons? Sometime in 1970's the software world had a lot of colons evolving - 1973 for the popular C Language and its family...
That tells us that in 2023 at age 50 the C Language should begin Colonoscopy procedures, yearly. It's not a pleasant thought but it is the recommendation.
Now some of the more modern (non-legacy) code may not need this extreme level of screening... but how would one know - unless one probes around in all those semicolons.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguGR_sIzoX-JMXyWi4vYKqibnrB8m562-XcKkiSyIFKp-XOyk6tLunlNB5Z2TVY1WPUj2r9EIegBB4OwfazgTXySNYWxjrdx1LLd2lYwLZTJs8hzz0lYIB79Pe7yScDbC0F5ntmNRl/s320/colonoscopy.jpg)
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Now, many Proctologist have worked to make this procedure less stressful, what have we done in the software community to improve patient outcomes, and satisfaction with our inspection and visualizations?
Shall we work on that?
That tells us that in 2023 at age 50 the C Language should begin Colonoscopy procedures, yearly. It's not a pleasant thought but it is the recommendation.
Now some of the more modern (non-legacy) code may not need this extreme level of screening... but how would one know - unless one probes around in all those semicolons.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguGR_sIzoX-JMXyWi4vYKqibnrB8m562-XcKkiSyIFKp-XOyk6tLunlNB5Z2TVY1WPUj2r9EIegBB4OwfazgTXySNYWxjrdx1LLd2lYwLZTJs8hzz0lYIB79Pe7yScDbC0F5ntmNRl/s320/colonoscopy.jpg)
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlXydHH0OmdBfHRO0XRSkYNPb7YeQkrM6uVj3V8hZ34by4jXiIluOU-eylUcKddVR_PN8plV0op_jxtthSSuTxmgv_uGIpfKAZR4_YmMTWh3PaLY28KAGV9Qtn28c0xEp-GSAOS5Dt/s320/C+program+Hello+semicolon.png)
Now, many Proctologist have worked to make this procedure less stressful, what have we done in the software community to improve patient outcomes, and satisfaction with our inspection and visualizations?
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Jokes from the Hole (A Proctologist's Perspective) |
Shall we work on that?
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