Coder's frustration

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Почему так колбасит Эрдогана

Петабайты интернета булькают от непонимания: из-за чего так расколбасило турецкого премьер-министра? "Хеломские Ведомости" предлагают свою версию. Два года назад турки решили, что нельзя слепо доверять американской/израильской авионике и решили поставить на бортовые компьютеры отечественный софт.

То, что случилось потом, называется coder's frustration: вот клиническое описание одного, но ярко выраженного случая.

❝I am frustrated. So frustrated, I want to punch the shit out of something. I want to throw these Wiimotes through a window. I want to drive to Washington, and kick the crap out of the guy who specced out the Microsoft Bluetooth stack. Or any of the people that decided that there needs to be a different goddamn stack for every manufacturer.

Furthermore, I want to rip my hair out because I can't figure out why, for the life of me, code that worked PERFECTLY GODDAMN WELL in one VC# 2008 project, when copy-pasted into a slightly more advanced/involved version of the same effing project, all of a sudden doesn't frakking work.

Why does the back-buffer decide that it wants to draw 2D sprites in reverse order? What did I change? NOTHING. Why are the other sprites not showing proper occultation? I haven't the slightest goddamn clue.

I hate it. I hate it all. I'm a mathematician, not a software engineer. The eigenvalues of matrix A don't decide to change because it's Tuesday. Math is easy. This shit... this shit makes no goddamn sense. ❞

Результаты работы турецких программистов не замедлили сказаться:

❝ They [турки] are short of the knowhow for operating the intelligence and technical systems of the 10 Heron drones purchased from Israel since they expelled the Israeli technicians operating and keeping them in order last year. Ankara says two of the drones are "non-operational" and three others suffer from intractable engine problems. Five more were shipped back to Israel because of a Turkish complaint that they never reached the altitudes guaranteed by Israel's aerospace industries. debkafile's sources report that test flights carried out in Israel showed nothing wrong with the drones' altitude capability. The home-made Turkish drones (ANKA) brought into service were unable to climb high enough to perform over the rebel hideouts perched in the lofty Qandil mountain peaks. They also lacked the electronics for relaying surveillance data to their command center.❞

Так что не следует строго судить Эрдогана: он отлично владеет собой, другой бы на его месте бился головой об стену, выл белугой и метал икру. Каждый, кто хоть раз писал программу для компьютера, немедленно это подтвердит.