[raggi]

It's also horizontally scalable: https://gist.github.com/raggi/560087#file-shardnull

[rollcat]

I understand this is supposed to be satire, but IMHO a well-executed joke should still be well-written and easy to follow. This "<statement> unless <condition>" is just terrible to read, and I can't even tell if FFI is necessary here, or a part of the joke. Funny not funny.

[raggi]

There was quite a different context when it was written 15 years ago, but essentially the same root jokes.