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submitted 1 year ago by Ategon@programming.dev to c/programming_horror@programming.dev

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[–] docAvid@midwest.social 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ever see things like: if ((x == 0) == true)? Or: x = y == 'z' ? true : false? Some things just really make me worry about people, you know?

[–] VaxHacker@programming.dev 1 points 10 months ago

I did once see if (!x) strcpy(x, ""); It was from a VB "programmer" who was experimenting with C. In production code.