Any Primate Can Do .Net


Oh, this is just too rich for words. "Here at the San Diego zoo, experiments last month with baboons have proved that higher primates can perform software testing, traverse complex menus, and code simple XML schemas "

I've always thought that most programming could be done by anything with a cerebellum, and this site (unless, of course, it is a very well constructed joke) seems to demonstrate it. Unfortunately, I've worked with a lot of people who would struggle to do what the baboons are doing. I can see it about ten years from now: hiring humans as code-monkeys because the (more competent) lower primates are too expensive.

update: I must be tired. of course the whole thing is an elaborate, and very funny, joke.

Posted: Fri - August 1, 2003 at 05:43 PM   The Occasional Masthead   Technology   Email Comments

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