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by padmanabhan01 4792 days ago
if there were such an oath, programmers would write the code and the business will fill it with content..

//It should be noted that no ethically-trained software engineer would ever consent to write a DestroyBaghdad procedure. Basic professional ethics would instead require him to write a DestroyCity procedure, to which Baghdad could be given as a parameter.

http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/2007/05/your-favorite-progr...