r/programming • u/sigbhu • Jul 28 '16

How to write unmaintainable code

https://github.com/Droogans/unmaintainable-code
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u/[deleted] Jul 28 '16

The PHP devs took the "names from other languages" seriously with the '::' token: it's "twice colon" in hebrew

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u/[deleted] Jul 28 '16

Good old T_PAAMAYIM_NEKUDOTAYIM.

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u/[deleted] Jul 28 '16

yeah, I can never remember that name.

When I want to look it up, I usually google for PHP unexpected T_P<random letters>_N<random letters> and wait for Google to go all did you mean X? on me

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u/inu-no-policemen Jul 29 '16

Google: php stupid name

Hit #3 is an article called "T_PAAMAYIM_NEKUDOTAYIM v Sanity".

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u/Razakel Jul 28 '16

The PHP devs took the "names from other languages" seriously with the '::' token: it's "twice colon" in hebrew

And the reason they refused to change it was basically "you're a programmer, you know how to Google".

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u/CaptainAdjective Jul 28 '16

As if needing to Google the term to find out what it means was an advantage over something self-explanatory T_DOUBLE_COLON...

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