{"id":2631,"date":"2008-02-21T11:52:09","date_gmt":"2008-02-21T18:52:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=2631"},"modified":"2008-02-21T11:52:34","modified_gmt":"2008-02-21T18:52:34","slug":"speaking-in-tongues-geek-humor-idiomatic-expressions-in-code","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/2631\/speaking-in-tongues-geek-humor-idiomatic-expressions-in-code\/","title":{"rendered":"Speaking in tongues: Geek humor — idiomatic expressions in code"},"content":{"rendered":"

From Google Blogoscoped<\/a>, for geekFun: A series of conversational idioms expressed humorously in PHP and C code.<\/p>\n

My favorite?<\/p>\n

if ( ape.inLineOfSight(it.x, it.y) ) ape.do(it);<\/pre>\n
What is it?<\/p>\n
Teri was talking about it last night:<\/a> Monkey see, monkey do.
\n<\/p>\n
Technorati Tags: blogging<\/a>, technology<\/a><\/p>\n
<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
From Google Blogoscoped, for geekFun: A series of conversational idioms expressed humorously in PHP and C code. My favorite? if ( ape.inLineOfSight(it.x, it.y) ) ape.do(it); What is it? Teri was talking about it last night: Monkey see, monkey do. 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