Ask HN: What's the worst piece of code you've ever seen?

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by dluan • 10 years ago

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Gibbon1• 10 years ago

This gem from today is pretty icky

  TEST_PACKET_T *xmt_buffer = (TEST_PACKET_T *) radio_drv_cntl->xmt_buffer;

  ...
  ...
  uint8_t msg_len = xmt_buffer->len;
  // Fill the payload with 'data'
  for(uint8_t indx=offsetof(TEST_PACKET_T, data); indx<msg_len-2; indx++)
    xmt_buffer->data[indx] = indx;

earthshout• 10 years ago

Not code so it doesn't count but a command.

Dos: "attrib," Will strip all attributes from all files in a directory. Very easy to run accidentally.

Has a partner though "dir," Show all files even hidden. Very berry handy.

joshschreuder• 10 years ago

I found a couple of amusing subreddits that covers this yesterday: https://www.reddit.com/r/badcode https://www.reddit.com/r/programminghorror

One of the top posts, the so-called Bogosort, made me laugh pretty hard, even though it's probably intentionally bad: https://imgur.com/kUizTX1

Ask HN: What's the worst piece of code you've ever seen?

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