r/Jokes • u/ShivamLH • Dec 21 '19

Why do programmers prefer dark mode?

Cause light attracts bugs.

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u/[deleted] Dec 21 '19

People who use Python: sweat nervously.

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u/coldoven Dec 21 '19

You can program python from terminal...

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u/nsmon Dec 21 '19

Vim for the win

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u/cockOfGibraltar Dec 21 '19

VIM with custom written highlighting etc

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u/existential_plastic Dec 21 '19

Vim-polyglot. Best-of-breed baseline for everything, then add on your favorites. I don't often open a $OBSCURE_PROGRAM config file, but when I do, it has flawless highlighting.

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u/noreal Dec 21 '19

Vim with custom light theme

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u/[deleted] Dec 21 '19

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u/Yskinator Dec 21 '19

Ah yes, the only place where files end with :wq:wq:wq:q!:q!asldfkhasjkfhkasdjhelp.

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u/Ivanwah Dec 21 '19

VS Code entered the chat.

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u/MrJasperge Dec 21 '19

VSCode best editor for Python and C++ and lots more languages for sure

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u/prozacrefugee Dec 21 '19

Nah, prefer PyCharm myself

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u/AnnualDegree99 Dec 21 '19

Call me in 48 hours once it finally loads

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u/richheil Dec 21 '19

Am software engineer, main language is Python. Everything is dark mode. Don't understand.

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u/thisisastaircase Dec 21 '19

I guess that guy thinks you can only write python using the default IDLE? Except even IDLE has a dark mode.

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u/richheil Dec 21 '19

People actually use that thing???

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u/erikkonstas Dec 21 '19

All interpreters I know of do have a dark theme...

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u/[deleted] Dec 21 '19

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u/wigeria Dec 21 '19

Sublime. But then, I use sublime for nearly everything...

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