The Happy Programmer

by Abstruse Goose (anonymous)Published: date not recordedLicense: CC BY-NC 3.0 US

Why it lands

Bob Ross's painting show, The Joy of Painting, recast as a programming tutorial, happy little binary trees included. The Japanese caption borrows the show's Japanese title, ボブの絵画教室 (Bob's Painting Class).

Transcript

NOW VERY GENTLY PASS THE POINTER TO THE FUNCTION AS AN ARGUMENT.
VEEERRY GENTLY.
DON'T TRY TO COPY MY CODE EXACTLY.
JUST LET YOUR IMAGINATION GO.
MAKE LOVE TO THE CODE.
CARESS IT.
NOW LET'S ADD SOME HAPPY LITTLE BINARY TREES HERE.
JUST FOR FUN.
The Joy of Programming with Bob Ross

Credits

Original: The Happy Programmer — Abstruse Goose (anonymous), Abstruse Goose
First published at: abstrusegoose.com/467 (offline)
Image file: raw.githubusercontent.com/s-macke/Abstruse-Goose-Archive/master/comics/the_art_of_happy_programming.png
License: CC BY-NC 3.0 US

The English page shows the original image unmodified. The Japanese page shows an adaptation by wtfe²: the lettering was erased from the art and replaced with a Japanese translation. The adaptation is shared under the same license as the original.