//The following 1056 lines of code in this next method 
//is a line by line port from VB.NET to C#.
//I ported this code but did not write the original code.
//It remains to me a mystery as to what
//the business logic is trying to accomplish here other than to serve as
//some sort of a compensation shell game invented by a den of thieves.
//Oh well, everyone wants this stuff to work the same as before.
//I guess the devil you know is better than the devil you don't.

try
{
...
}
catch(Exception ex)
{
//if this happens the world is going to end...
}

现在猜猜发生了什么……

高斯林的Emacs源代码中的ascii艺术头骨和交叉骨骼(这里很难重现)(警告说他编写的超热屏幕管理包不容易理解)。

if(count<0) count=0;    //don't get me wrong but this has to be done :p

// Oh crap, i think i'm gonna yack

随后不久又有:

// TODO: end this lunacy

在几年前编写Perl时，我在顶部和底部添加了这些注释:

# <magic type="voodoo">

...

# </magic>

下一个研究它的人在Perl中并不是那么热门，他花了一段时间搜索文档，看看“魔法”和“巫毒”是怎么做的。从那以后，我试着添加更多有用的评论……