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		endymi0n on Oct 28, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask HN: What is the most beautiful piece of code y... Considering the magnitude of its impact on science, engineering and culture (as well as the tremendous force released), this line from the IGNITION subroutine in the BURN_BABY_BURN module of the Apollo AGG source code does it for me: https://github.com/chrislgarry/Apollo-11/blob/master/Luminar...

babuskov on Oct 28, 2019 [–]

I love the comments in that file. Especially these two:

    # HONI SOIT QUI MAL Y PENSE

and

    # NOLI SE TANGERE

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