[NTLK] Hidden messages

[DoctorClu]

I love comments in code when I can see it.

I once looked at the code for Bubsy: Fractured Furry Tales for the Atari 
Jaguar.  At one point in the game there are these large cherries that 
Hansel and Gretel would toss around, effectively "Cherry bombs".  In the 
remarks it was said "No lude comments please".


*Matthias Melcher* m.melcher at robowerk.de 
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Oh, I have details. So when debugging code that was not meant to debug, the disassembler refuses to do its job to protect the code. "becausePeterSaidSo" is a hidden switch that tell the debugger to work on code that is not meant to be debugged. So it's a classic back door, presumably writte by Peter. ;-)

>/On 25. Sep 2026, at 16:32, Matthias Melcher <m.melcher at robowerk.de 
<http://lists.newtontalk.net/mailman/listinfo/newtontalk>> wrote: />//>//>/When looking at the source code of the NS Debugger, one function 
disassembles the Newton ByteCode. One argument to the disassembler is 
'becausePeterSaidSo . I don't know the exact context, but this is not 
the first time I find "programmer humor"./