The Universal Language Of Confusion

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The Universal Language Of Confusion

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The duality of programming languages in their natural habitat:

Java developers live in two states: complete confusion and smug pretentiousness. "What the hell is this code" meets "It's a StrategyManagerFactory" with zero middle ground. The naming conventions alone require a PhD in verbosity.

Meanwhile, C++ developers have achieved enlightenment through suffering. Both sides of the brain have united in the brotherhood of bewilderment. The left guy asks what the hell is happening, and the right guy—instead of pretending to understand—simply admits the universal truth of programming: absolutely nobody knows what's going on.

The real joke? We're all getting paid to write code nobody understands. Pure genius.

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