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0 pointsmakapuf7y ago0 comments

See also the story of the duck and the queen on game battle chess https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_Chess

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The source of that is from a codinghorror post [0]

[0]: https://blog.codinghorror.com/new-programming-jargon/

Came here to say this! I've told this parable of the duck before, but I did not know the origin of the story... "get that duck out of there please otherwise looks OK"

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icc977y ago

The source of that is from a codinghorror post [0]

[0]: https://blog.codinghorror.com/new-programming-jargon/

yebyen7y ago

Came here to say this! I've told this parable of the duck before, but I did not know the origin of the story... "get that duck out of there please otherwise looks OK"

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