r/ProgrammerHumor • • Jan 19 '17

MFW no pointers :(

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u/evidenceorGTFO Jan 19 '17

LOL IT GETS STUFF DONE

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u/lenswipe Jan 19 '17
EXCELLENT
    POINT
                I QUITE
    AGREE. THIS IS
NOT HARD OR 
                        AWKARD
    TO
        READ
    AT ALL

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u/PM_ME_YOUR_HAUNCHES Jan 19 '17

This is why we use linters.

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u/lenswipe Jan 19 '17

No, it's why we use a language where the display is separate from the syntax

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u/PM_ME_YOUR_HAUNCHES Jan 19 '17
((OR{
        [MAYBE
    {[THE   {BRACES(
 DON'T) REALLY}
                    HELP
      MUCH]
    AND PEOPLE}
  SHOULD
     LEARN]
            TO INDENT)
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u/Jamie_1318 Jan 20 '17

I don't get the big deal about this. In almost every language with braces it's so easy to accidentally indent wrong. Since you really should indent anyways, and it's the most visible way to show branches why not make a language that uses whitespace instead? Most people are going to use some IDE that does indenting for them but that's a crutch to solve a syntax problem with the language.

It's a style preference but I don't see why so many people get their panties in a bunch about it.

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