ChubakPDP11+TakeWithGrainOfSalt to Programmer Humor@programming.dev • 5 months agoCan someone explain why authors do this?programming.devimagemessage-square53fedilinkarrow-up1449arrow-down113
arrow-up1436arrow-down1imageCan someone explain why authors do this?programming.devChubakPDP11+TakeWithGrainOfSalt to Programmer Humor@programming.dev • 5 months agomessage-square53fedilink
minus-square@Owljfien@iusearchlinux.fyilinkfedilinkEnglish5•5 months agoI hate foo bar etc, seems like a joke that was cringe that has gone on too long. When I was trying to learn programming I was like what the actual hell does this shit mean?
minus-square@onlinepersona@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglish-2•5 months agoSame. Really thought it was a joke until I saw it all over the place. It really isn’t that hard to think of random names. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
minus-squareSpongeBorgCubePantslinkfedilink1•4 months agoIt’s better to have a convention that makes it easy to spot example names
I hate foo bar etc, seems like a joke that was cringe that has gone on too long. When I was trying to learn programming I was like what the actual hell does this shit mean?
Same. Really thought it was a joke until I saw it all over the place. It really isn’t that hard to think of random names.
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It’s better to have a convention that makes it easy to spot example names