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Does Your Debugger Sing to You?

Posted by michael on from the slash-is-a-sweet-sweet-lullaby dept.

ZahrGnosis writes "TRN Mag Online is carrying an article titled Programming tool makes bugs sing. '[The researchers] set up software that mapped pitch and melodic contour information to structural elements in the programming language Pascal. "[We] aimed to see if information about the structure of Pascal programs could be communicated using such musical phrases".' They even found a practical application for software debugging."

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  1. Re:Of course... by PissingInTheWind · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    "gwernol", noun:

    1) Arrogant bastard calling people idiot and fool.

    2) Socially misadapted person frustrated against the entire planet and its inhabitants.

    Compare: PissingInTheWind

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  2. Going further... by tunabomber · · Score: 2, Flamebait

    Java == glossy emo pop
    Python == British novelty songs
    LISP == modernist symphony
    BASIC == music from a casio keyboard bought for $5 at a garage sale

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