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I've been a professional programmer for 40 years, I've written everything from operating systems to business app code to games, and I never use an exclamation point in business or OS code. Ever. No...
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#4: Attribution notice removed
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2019-12-19T22:13:47Z (over 4 years ago)
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#3: Attribution notice added
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2019-12-08T12:03:08Z (over 4 years ago)
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I've been a professional programmer for 40 years, I've written everything from operating systems to business app code to games, and I never use an exclamation point in business or OS code. Ever. Nor ellipsis, why would an error or warning message trail off? Or express any emotion? I use periods, just in case multiple messages are emitted; so they won't run together and be confusing. The only time emotion is appropriate is if the "error" is being delivered by a character or automated narrator within a game as "speech", e.g. "You have no troops in Seattle, General!"
#1: Imported from external source
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System
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2019-05-31T21:52:52Z (almost 5 years ago)
Original score: 7