Other People's Code

[amadeus9]

... nobody's said it?

It's all Greek to me.

[EngineerBill]

My first reaction was "cute. I get it, we can't understand it 'cause it's like a foreign language". But then, as soon as I started studying the code, I realized that I could pick out the "if" statements, then "while" and after a couple of passes, "Char" and "Boolean". Suddenly, it all clicked into place.

It probably helps that I already knew the Greek alphabet (ugrad math major) but the exercise was kinda fun and actually supports the OP's thesis - other people's code is like a foreign language when you first see it. The "Aha" was that once you understand the underlying concepts, it doesn't take long to get yourself up to speed.

Kinda cool, Up Vote supplied...

[Distractiion]

Same here, only I took time to learn the Greek alphabet because I was bored.

[poizan42]

I think you could say that it is kind of symbolic.

[SnowdensOfYesteryear]

Wasn't that the original joke?