Ask Slashdot: Dedicating Code?

Posted by samzenpus on Sunday October 14, 2012 @03:03AM from the this-one's-for-you dept.

First time accepted submitter The_Buse writes "This week I lost my grandmother and after returning to work (as a web developer) I find myself looking for some way to dedicate something to her memory. Unfortunately, I'm no author so I can't dedicate a book to her, and I can't carry a tune so penning a song in her honor is out of the question. What I can do is write one hell of a web app, and after nearly a year of development my (small) team and I are nearing the release date of our next product. My question is, have you ever dedicated a project/app/code in honor of someone? What's the best way to do it: comment blocks in the header, tongue-in-cheek file names, Easter eggs? Or is this a horrible idea all together?"

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Re:Probably Not by binarylarry · 2012-10-14 04:01 · Score: 5, Funny

Also there's Vista, named after Steve Ballmer's daughter, Vista Ballmer.

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Re:In the "About" section? by Anonymous Coward · 2012-10-14 04:18 · Score: 5, Funny

A simple "in loving memory of X" or "decicated to X" should do.
This doesn't quite count, but I once put this in a .java file years ago:
/** * @dedication This code is dedicated to all the l33t h4x0rs that will never get laid. */