ChubakPDP11+TakeWithGrainOfSalt@programming.dev to Programmer Humor@programming.dev · 1 year agoCan someone explain why authors do this?programming.devimagemessage-square53fedilinkarrow-up1449arrow-down113
arrow-up1436arrow-down1imageCan someone explain why authors do this?programming.devChubakPDP11+TakeWithGrainOfSalt@programming.dev to Programmer Humor@programming.dev · 1 year agomessage-square53fedilink
minus-squareOwljfien@iusearchlinux.fyilinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·1 year 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-down4·1 year 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-up1·1 year 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