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

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[–] CaptPretentious@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

I like to think it's a former web designer who's thinking Important

[–] lasagna@programming.dev 3 points 1 year ago

Unit tests be like

[–] 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.

[–] OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

If !!true

[–] pe1uca@lemmy.pe1uca.dev 1 points 1 year ago

if (!(1-1))

[–] burgersc12@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

Dude, this is so non-non heinous