I was reading an article
(http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/Movies/03/09/film.quotes/index.html) on why we
use movie quotes in conversation. And it mentioned a blogger who used a bunch
of movie quotes (PB included) to describe the process of software development
(http://marxsoftware.blogspot.com/2009/02/classic-movie-quotes-and-software.html\
).

Here's the relevant portion of the blog entry:

8. "You fell victim to one of the classic blunders!"

The complete quote (not listed in the header due to its length) from the 1987
movie The Princess Bride
is: "You fell victim to one of the classic blunders. The most famous
is: 'Never get involved in a land war in Asia.' But, only slightly less
well known is this: 'Never go in against a Sicilian, when death is on
the line!'"

It is difficult to think of a movie with more quote-worthy lines
than this one. I chose this particular quote from this movie because we
are all aware of some of the classic software development blunders such
as copying and pasting identical code in multiple places, hard-coding values,
swallowing exceptions
rather than handling them, etc., but there continues to be enough
people committing these blunders to lead to numerous blog postings,
articles, and discussions on the blunders. Steve McConnell has collected three
dozen higher-level classic blunders in his Classic Mistakes Enumerated.

--Kim

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