Microsoft has swiftly fixed an embarrassing gaffe which saw a chunk of code labelled "big boobs".
The hexadecimal string 0xB16B00B5 was discovered lurking in code that helps a Microsoft program work with Linux open source software.
For the BBC this couldn't possibly be a bit of harmless fun ...
"Puerile sniggering at breasts contributes to the continuing impression that software development is a boys' club where girls aren't welcome," Dr Garrett wrote.
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