ChubakPDP11@programming.dev to Programmer Humor@programming.dev · 9 months agoCan someone explain why authors do this?programming.devimagemessage-square52fedilinkarrow-up1441arrow-down112
arrow-up1429arrow-down1imageCan someone explain why authors do this?programming.devChubakPDP11@programming.dev to Programmer Humor@programming.dev · 9 months agomessage-square52fedilink
minus-squareOwljfien@iusearchlinux.fyilinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·9 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-squareonlinepersona@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down3·9 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-squareSpongeBorgCubePants@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·9 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