This tweet might interest my software engineer followers.

In my years as a programmer I observed numerous anomalies that may have practical applications. Since I'm getting no younger I thought I'd begin passing them on.

The first, involving an anomaly…

I need to make a quick variation of a function. The calculation, or behaviour, differs slightly on the needs of the caller. I throw in a bool parameter to do this switch. It’s fast and easy, yet I’m almost always disappointed later. It’s a bit hard to read…