The Codeless Code: Case 129 Like a Rolling Stone
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Even on the best of days the monk Wangohan's mood would
rival old vinegar, but the long bleak winter had soured it
still more. Many were the target of his scorn, but none
moreso than the monk Landhwa:
“His lazyiness is no secret,” Wangohan complained to one
poor novice at mealtime (who all-too-late understood why the
seats near Wangohan were always empty), “yet from his
masters he receives no correction. He presents the illusion
of being industrious but in truth he is coding his own pet
projects. I asked him to implement a dozen simple DAOs; he
chafed at the tediousness of the task, then wasted a week
developing a DAO-code-generator to spit them out!”
When the gong called the brothers back to their cubicles, a
senior monk pulled the novice aside.
“What impression have you of our brother Wangohan?” grinned
the senior monk. “Surely you have something to say on this
matter, unless he has truly talked your head off.”
The novice thought a moment.
“Wangohan has the spirit of the mule: dedicated and
hard-laboring,” said the novice. “I would trust him to carry
ten thousand stones from the valley to the temple.”
“High praise,” said the senior monk.
“Is it?” asked the novice. “His rival Landhwa would first
build a wheelbarrow.”
