What do you HATE in Computing?

and why?
I'll start,


C++, shit confusing language full of crap. dumb kids like it and do half arsed jobs of difficult tasks without understanding what they're doing with it. Dealing with C++ someone else wrote is fucking horrendus too.

Java hatred, Stop being a fucking idiot java is useful at times. Why is it still cool to hate java?

Python, ONE WORD, FORCED INDENTATION OF THE CODE, THREAD OVER.

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1. References to the science behind modality is in the book. Read it and be greatly enlightened. It's the SICP of interface design ;)
2. People only have one locus of attention. An interface is non modal if the interface is the user's locus of attention. The more modes you have to keep track of, the harder it is to do your job.
3. A car's speed is within the user's locus of attention and the current gear of the car should also be within the user's locus of attention so therefore, the car's gearing system shouldn't be modal. The command you're typing should be the locus of attention and therefore, the command line shouldn't be modal if it is your locus of attention.
3. He's 'anti-modal' because he understands the negative connotations that occurs with bad interface design. Modal interfaces contribute to bad interface design. Bad interface design wastes time, effort and mental power. Bad interfaces can also lead to physical harm and death; think of commercial plane pilots and how much information they have to deal with.

Is there any science specifically on the subject of command lines that will be typed in the space of a few seconds then explicitly confirmed/denied?
I don't really understand what you're asking. I'm guessing you want to know about GOMS http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GOMS. I am also guessing you want to know about the study of Human Computer Interaction http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_computer_interaction