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ifn't (programming.dev)

submitted 2 years ago by JPDev@programming.dev to c/programmer_humor@programming.dev

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[–] xmunk@sh.itjust.works 37 points 2 years ago (6 children)

Still not as good as whence

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[–] fartsparkles@sh.itjust.works 14 points 2 years ago (4 children)

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 6 points 2 years ago (2 children)

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 4 points 2 years ago (1 child)

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 1 point 2 years 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 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

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

https://superuser.com/a/351995

Edit: Oh, what a rabbit hole: Why not use "which"? What to use then?

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[–] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago*

Legislation (which feels similar to 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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