Programming Horror

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Welcome to Programming Horror!

This is a place to share strange or terrible code you come across.

For more general memes about programming there's also Programmer Humor.

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[–] docAvid@midwest.social 3 points 3 years ago (1 child)

Ever see things like: if ((x == 0) == true)? Or: x = y == 'z' ? true : false? Some things just really make me worry about people, you know?

[–] VaxHacker@programming.dev 1 point 2 years ago

I did once see if (!x) strcpy(x, ""); It was from a VB "programmer" who was experimenting with C. In production code.

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