Ask Slashdot: Dedicating Code? 186
First time accepted submitter The_Buse writes "This week I lost my grandmother and after returning to work (as a web developer) I find myself looking for some way to dedicate something to her memory. Unfortunately, I'm no author so I can't dedicate a book to her, and I can't carry a tune so penning a song in her honor is out of the question. What I can do is write one hell of a web app, and after nearly a year of development my (small) team and I are nearing the release date of our next product. My question is, have you ever dedicated a project/app/code in honor of someone? What's the best way to do it: comment blocks in the header, tongue-in-cheek file names, Easter eggs? Or is this a horrible idea all together?"
Re:Probably Not (Score:5, Funny)
Also there's Vista, named after Steve Ballmer's daughter, Vista Ballmer.
Re:In the "About" section? (Score:5, Funny)
A simple "in loving memory of X" or "decicated to X" should do.
This doesn't quite count, but I once put this in a .java file years ago:
* @dedication This code is dedicated to all the l33t h4x0rs that will never get laid.
*/
Re:No it is unprofessional (Score:4, Funny)
if the programming contractors did this one any of my projects, I'd have them fired and terminated immediately.
Fired AND terminated? I think you're a bit harsh of a boss if you think it is within your disciplinary power to take someone's life because of a disagreement with something in your software...
Re:Probably Not (Score:4, Funny)
Wasn't that the one with the "Longhorn" project name?
Slash screen? (Score:5, Funny)
If you have an 'About...' item or a slash screen this seems like a good place to do it
A slash screen? Now I'm imagining a desktop application that starts up with a painstakingly-rendered airbrush-style image of Picard and Riker locked in a passionate kiss.
And now you probably are, too. I'm so sorry.
Re:In the "About" section? (Score:1, Funny)
// I dedicate all this code, all my work, to my wife, Darlene, who will
// have to support me and our three children and the dog once it gets
// released into the public.
Re:No it is unprofessional (Score:2, Funny)
Psssh. After firing and terminating them, I'd can them, downsize them, and let them go.
Then, if they'd *really* pissed me off, I'd give them a pink slip. LIKE A BOSS!
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