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xkcd #2954: Bracket Symbols (xkcd.com)

submitted 2 months ago by schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de to c/xkcd@lemmy.world

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’"‘”’" means "I edited this text on both my phone and my laptop before sending it"

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[–] GreyEyedGhost@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

This sounds like something I would do with all of 40 hours or so of Python-esque programming under my belt. I feel like there has to be a better way, but it worked. I'm worried this might be the best way.

[–] marcos@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Ouch. If you ever catches yourself writing something like this, stop. Intermediate values deserve names too. Even Haskell developers wouldn't go into such extreme namelessness.

[–] FierySpectre@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

People reading decompiled inlined code: "wait this isn't normal?"