danmelnick

A product manager and a developer are discussing a feature. The product manager mentions it should just be a couple lines of code to implement, evincing a simplistic understanding of the problem. 

danmelnick

Here is a lesson in creative writing. 

First rule: Do not use semicolons. They are transvestite hermaphrodites representing absolutely nothing. All they do is show you've been to college. 

- Kurt Vonnegut, A Man without a Country

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def insertion_sort(array)
  n = 1
  while n < array.length
    key = array[n]
    i = n - 1
    while i >= 0 and array[i] > key
      array[i + 1] = array[i]
      i = i - 1
    end
    array[i + 1] = key