Comments on: Jerome Kerviel, My Hero http://marknelson.us/2008/01/28/kerviel/ Programming, mostly. Sun, 20 May 2012 20:52:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: ma14 http://marknelson.us/2008/01/28/kerviel/comment-page-1/#comment-338044 ma14 Sat, 27 Nov 2010 15:50:43 +0000 http://marknelson.us/2008/01/28/kerviel/#comment-338044 [c] hero = false; help = 0; function who_is_hero(human) { if (bank got down) { help++; // help needed if (help > 10) { hero++; } } if (hero > 10) { // bank got OK return "HERO"; } else { return "NO HERO"; } } [/c] print who_is_hero("JEROME"); PLAIN TEXT
C:
  1. hero = false;
  2. help = 0;
  3. function who_is_hero(human) {
  4.   if (bank got down) {
  5.     help++; // help needed
  6.     if (help> 10) {
  7.        hero++;
  8.     }
  9.    }
  10.    if (hero> 10) {
  11.       // bank got OK
  12.       return "HERO";
  13.    } else {
  14.       return "NO HERO";
  15.    }
  16. }

print who_is_hero("JEROME");

]]> By: ma13 http://marknelson.us/2008/01/28/kerviel/comment-page-1/#comment-317323 ma13 Sun, 25 Oct 2009 03:42:04 +0000 http://marknelson.us/2008/01/28/kerviel/#comment-317323 [c] int main() { printf( "Hello, Jerome!\n" ); return 1; } [/c] PLAIN TEXT
C:
  1. int main()
  2. {
  3. printf( "Hello, Jerome!\n" );
  4. return 1;
  5. }

]]> By: Mark http://marknelson.us/2008/01/28/kerviel/comment-page-1/#comment-72392 Mark Tue, 29 Jan 2008 12:48:28 +0000 http://marknelson.us/2008/01/28/kerviel/#comment-72392 @leo: Well, no doubt about <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Leeson" rel="nofollow">Nick Leeson</a>, he basically pulled off the same trick. Not as much money at stake, but he gets points for actually putting his bank into insolvency! @leo:

Well, no doubt about Nick Leeson, he basically pulled off the same trick. Not as much money at stake, but he gets points for actually putting his bank into insolvency!

]]> By: Leo http://marknelson.us/2008/01/28/kerviel/comment-page-1/#comment-72299 Leo Tue, 29 Jan 2008 09:56:45 +0000 http://marknelson.us/2008/01/28/kerviel/#comment-72299 Bah, no, this story/the behaviour of his employer is too shady. Rather stick with Nick Leeson, he, at least, really did himself in. Bah, no, this story/the behaviour of his employer is too shady. Rather stick with Nick Leeson, he, at least, really did himself in.

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