I have read some developers quoting GoHorse value in their comments; mostly in javascript. It is mostly constant and long value.,

I am unable to understand; what it mean to Gohorse?

var a = 8888888888888; // GoHorse

I have read some developers quoting GoHorse value in their comments; mostly in javascript. It is mostly constant and long value.,

I am unable to understand; what it mean to Gohorse?

var a = 8888888888888; // GoHorse

• javascript
• coding-style
• comments

• 2 It means some developer left a meaningful comment intended to help future devs understand what the code was doing. insert sarcasm here – mituw16 Commented Apr 29, 2016 at 11:53
• 3 @fath it's just a joke to mean they used a quick & dirty solution instead of writing right code. It may be a magic number (it doesn't matter its value), a special safe value used instead of right one (because annoying to calculate or to find). It may be a terrible hack...anything like that. – Adriano Repetti Commented Apr 29, 2016 at 11:55
• @AdrianoRepetti Oh. never thought about that. Is it some phrase used in Core English speaking areas? – fatherazrael Commented Apr 29, 2016 at 11:59
• I'm not native speaker, I have no idea about its usage in "real language" – Adriano Repetti Commented Apr 29, 2016 at 12:05

1 Answer 1

The Go Horse Process is like a horse race:
You line up on the start, then BAM! you're racing down the track, without looking up (or, in fact, any direction), just hurry to finish before the deadline.

It is simple: Does it compile? ==> Task done.

See 1: https://gist.github.com/banaslee/4147370#file-xgh-en-txt
See 2: https://www.facebook.com/gohorseprocess.extremegohorse

Note: This is some kind of joke, of course, a funny name like spaghetti code, for a bad-bad habit.