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xmunk@sh.itjust.works ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• fartsparkles@sh.itjust.works ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Is this a reference to something because I’d love to read it if you have a time to share.

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  • xx3rawr@sh.itjust.works ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Woah. I did a quick google and it’s not just a meme, but actually used in some major lang’s libraries.

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    • jjjalljs@ttrpg.network ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      This is one of those “modern Google/search sucks” moments because I couldn’t immediately find examples of it in a programming language.

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      • xx3rawr@sh.itjust.works ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        I actually used DDG and most I’ve seen, they’re just used as arguments for functions notably in C and Python

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  • LeFrog@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    It is used in korn shell to see what executable responds to a command:

    superuser.com/a/351995

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• SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Legislation (which feels similar to a programming languages sometimes) seems to have some keywords of its own. I remember seeing a lot of Whereas … and Having regard to ….

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