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Re:Fictional Plumbing Problems As A Tortured Analogy For Sof... by stcredzero on Monday May 14, 2012 @11:01AM (#3971320)
Maybe programming is tortured analogies all the way down? (Not really, but there are some over-engineered code bases that feel like it.)
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Re:Fictional Plumbing Problems As A Tortured Analogy For Sof... by dredmorbius on Monday May 14, 2012 @01:16PM (#3972000)
No, it's turtles.

Tortured turtles.

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Re:Fictional Plumbing Problems As A Tortured Analogy For Sof... by stcredzero on Monday May 14, 2012 @03:47PM (#3972817)
Actually, it's tortured turtle analogies all the way down.
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Re:Fictional Plumbing Problems As A Tortured Analogy For Sof... by dredmorbius on Tuesday May 15, 2012 @10:46PM (#3980174)
Well played, sir.
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