Ask HN: What's the largest amount of bad code you have ever seen work?

Re:Ask HN: What's the largest amount of bad code you have ev... by CoolGuySteve on Wednesday November 14, 2018 @09:33PM (#18456403)

"I'd like you to write a graph algorithm that traverses the abyss, the cosmic horror that consumes one's mind, that traverses twilight to the rim of morning, that sees the depths of man's fundamental inability to comprehend.

Oh ya, the markers in here are pretty run down, let me pray to the old ones for some more"

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Re:Ask HN: What's the largest amount of bad code you have ev... by breatheoften on Saturday November 17, 2018 @05:41PM (#18477749)

I have written the algorithm you requested - but I wish I hadn’t run it. I hit ctrl-c when I realized what it was doing but it was too late... The damage is done — we are left with only the consequences and fallout.

Forgotten dreams like snowflakes melt on hot dusty ground, soon to turn into hard dry mud beneath a bitter polluted sky.

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Re:Ask HN: What's the largest amount of bad code you have ev... by doctorless on Wednesday November 14, 2018 @10:33PM (#18456667)

Pretty sure I was asked that question in an Amazon interview.

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