为什么你不应该将你的软件开发外包的一个经典案例:

public class Contact
{
    //...    

    /// <summary>
    /// Gets or sets the name of the first.
    /// </summary>
    /// <value>The name of the first.</value>
    public string FirstName
    {
        get { return _firstName; }
        set { _firstName = value; }
    }
}

/**
 * As Gregor Samsa awoke one morning from uneasy dreams he found himself
 * transformed in his bed into a gigantic insect. He was lying on his hard,
 * as it were armour plated, back, and if he lifted his head a little he
 * could see his big, brown belly divided into stiff, arched segments, on
 * top of which the bed quilt could hardly keep in position and was about
 * to slide off completely. His numerous legs, which were pitifully thin
 * compared to the rest of his bulk, waved helplessly before his eyes.
 * "What has happened to me?", he thought. It was no dream....
 */
protected static String DEFAULT_TRANSLET_NAME = "GregorSamsa";

// Hard to explain

它最后也坏了。难怪很难解释清楚

Fix problem where Nulls don't work properly.  Stupid Microsoft!

代码以迂回的方式一行一行地将null转换为零长度的字符串，因为愚蠢的程序员不理解null是什么，也从未听说过Nz()函数。

//Code sanitized to protect the foolish. using System; using System.Collections.Generic; using System.Text; using System.Reflection; using System.Web.UI; namespace Mobile.Web.Control { /// <summary> /// Class used to work around Richard being a fucking idiot /// </summary> /// <remarks> /// The point of this is to work around his poor design so that paging will /// work on a mobile control. The main problem is the BindCompany() method, /// which he hoped would be able to do everything. I hope he dies. /// </remarks> public abstract class RichardIsAFuckingIdiotControl : MobileBaseControl, ICompanyProfileControl { protected abstract Pager Pager { get; } public void BindCompany(int companyId) { } public RichardIsAFuckingIdiotControl() { MakeSureNobodyAccidentallyGetsBittenByRichardsStupidity(); } private void MakeSureNobodyAccidentallyGetsBittenByRichardsStupidity() { // Make sure nobody is actually using that fucking bindcompany method MethodInfo m = this.GetType().GetMethod("BindCompany", BindingFlags.DeclaredOnly | BindingFlags.Instance | BindingFlags.Public | BindingFlags.NonPublic); if (m != null) { throw new RichardIsAFuckingIdiotException("No!! Don't use the fucking BindCompany method!!!"); } // P.S. this method is a joke ... the rest of the class is fucking serious } /// <summary> /// This returns true if this control is supposed to be doing anything /// at all for this request. Richard thought it was a good idea to load /// the entire website during every request and have things turn themselves /// off. He also thought bandanas and aviator sunglasses were "fuckin' /// gnarly, dude." /// </summary> protected bool IsThisTheRightPageImNotSureBecauseRichardIsDumb() { return Request.QueryString["Section"] == this.MenuItemKey; } protected override void OnLoad(EventArgs e) { if (IsThisTheRightPageImNotSureBecauseRichardIsDumb()) { Page.LoadComplete += new EventHandler(Page_LoadComplete); Pager.RowCount = GetRowCountBecauseRichardIsDumb(); } base.OnLoad(e); } protected abstract int GetRowCountBecauseRichardIsDumb(); protected abstract void BindDataBecauseRichardIsDumb(); void Page_LoadComplete(object sender, EventArgs e) { BindDataBecauseRichardIsDumb(); } // the rest of his reduh-ndant interface members public abstract string MenuItemName { get; set; } public abstract string MenuItemKey { get; set; } public abstract bool IsCapable(CapabilityCheck checker, int companyId); public abstract bool ShowInMenu { get; } public virtual Control CreateHeaderControl() { return null; } } }

更新:代码的原作者已经暴露了自己，所以我必须在适当的地方给予赞扬。Dan McKinley在我入职后不久就离开了我所在的公司，他讲述了更多关于代码的内容，解释了一些背景知识和“Richard”所写的一些“WTF”。

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)。