Jargon File
Programmer slang dictionary, containing more than 2000 not-quite-serious definitions and a number of programmer folklore anecdotes. Hosted by Eric S. Raymond.
The Retrocomputing Museum
Eric S. Raymond's list of outdated, obscure, or deliberatly unusable programming languages, compilers, and interpreters.
Computer Stupidities
Collection of stupid chunks of C source code and reports of encounters with less-than-bright apprentice programmers.
Life of Programmer
Humorous observations and stories of dealing with computers and their users.
How to Shoot Yourself in the Foot
Showcases how to shoot yourself in the foot using several programming languages.
Reflections on Trusting Trust
An ACM classic: UNIX coinventor Ken Thompson reports on how he hacked his own C compiler.
The Algorithm of an Average Taxpayer's Life
A structured biography in 483 pseudo-coded subroutines, as logical outcome of random events and processes during lifetime.
The Evolution of a Programmer
Programming style and how it evolves as programmers mature from junior high students to senior managers.
The Tao Of Programming
Koan-style advice to apprentice programmers.
The Commentator
A program for generating comments automatically, customizable by FUD factor, profanity, self-importance, verbosity, humor level, and bitterness.
Programming Languages are Like Women
Mildly sexist metaphorical languages lineup.
ComedyCode
Funny programming code. Programmers can submit their own code and rate the work of others.
Fifty Ways to Hose Your Code
A song kind of by Paul Simon.
Epigrams in Programming
List of 120 programming-related aphorisms.
Hacker's Wisdom
Collection of programming humor and computer folklore classics.
Programming is a Weird and Wacky World
Collection of jokes, satirical articles, and parodies on popular song lyrics.
Laugh Along with GNU
Designed to provide some laughs to the working hackers - large collection of GNU/programming humor.
Computer Programming Humor
Jokes, oneliners, and prank definitions.
Holger's Humor Page
Why is C++ programming like teenage sex? What's the difference between a software developer and a drug dealer? When will operator overloading be added to Java? This page has the answers.
Hello, World Page
Collecting examples of "Hello World" programs for as many languages and related programming environments (shells) as possible.
Real Programmers Don't Use Pascal
Classic Datamation article by Ed Post.
Softpanorama Humor Archive
Open-source related humor, dissing (among others) Linus Torvalds, RMS, ESR, vi, and Perl.
Softwarequotes.com
Quotations from various programmers about programming. Includes a quotes search, newsletter, and index of quotes by person quoted.
Quotes about Programmers
Quotations about programmers, software and programming languages.
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