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My personal favorite is writing error messages like "There is no way
that you should ever see this error message." But, you don't want an
unhandled exception, even if it's "impossible".

The guy who wrote the Fortran IV compiler for the GE400 series of
mainframes (Charles something-or-other) had, on the whole, very
informative error messages. One, however, made me spew coffee all over
the desk when I saw it for the first time.

"The compiler has gotten lost. There are a myriad of possible reasons."

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