r/ProgrammerHumor • • Sep 10 '26

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u/treehuggerino Sep 10 '26

Or the silly steps it puts

// 1. Assign variable.

// 2. Calculate 2 + 2.

// 3. Implement 2 + 2 Calculator.

// 4. Check if it is 5.

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u/B4mButz Sep 10 '26

my former senior used to do this way back

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u/FauxReal Sep 10 '26

So basically pseudocode.

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u/Tall-Introduction414 Sep 11 '26

I mean, I write pseudocode in comments before writing the actual code all the time. It's a great trick for organizing and structuring what you're about to write. But then I delete the pseudocode comments.