





The previous lists can be found here and here.

// Apparently we have given up on using enums or arrays

// or other products of common sense (On a side note…sOriginPoint?!?)

const string DecodeBoolean(const bool bBoolean)

{

string sOriginPoint = (bBoolean) ? “TRUE” : “FALSE”;

return sOriginPoint;

} // Whatever excuse is made to justify calling it, the answer is still “no”

bool EnsureFunctionIsCalled()

{

bool bSuccess = true;

return bSuccess;

} // I’m lost now, and I need GPS

void LoadPreLoadMapForPostUnloadProcessStep(…) // Well, yeah, it would only be one of them…but that still doesn’t explain what

// a return value of ‘True’ means…

const bool RealErrorOrNotError(string& sMessage) // Personally, I like my programming to be a little more decisive

void SetIsHashableIsMayBeHashable(string& sIsHashable)

Peter Bolton is the author of Blowing the Bridge: A Software Story and has also been known to be a grumpy bastard on occasion.