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Real programmers don't actually use any language, as their time is best spent in forums and chat rooms arguing with non-real (integer?) programmers why they are

Real programmers don't actually use any language, as their time is best spent in forums and chat rooms arguing with non-real (integer?) programmers why they aren't real programmers.

yonder 8y ago
Integers are real numbers. Perhaps they are arguing with imaginary programmers.
- Crinus 8y ago
  I think this is a reference to an old joke about "God is Real, unless declared as Integer" since in Pascal Real and Integer are data types.
  - alephnil 8y ago
    The joke is actually about FORTRAN, where variables don't have to be declared, and is implicitly declared as Integer if it's first letter is in the range I-N and otherwise implicitly declared as the type Real (usually 32-bit floating point). Thus the variable GOD will implicitly be of type real. Pascal have the same type names, but does not allow implicit declarations.
    - Crinus 8y ago
      Oh, interesting. I suspected it might be from an older language, but i expected Algol, not FORTRAN :-P. Personally i associate it with Pascal because i first saw it on an IRC channel's topic back in the mid-90s :-).
      - mcguire 8y ago
        If it's a stupid programming joke, you can probably blame it on FORTRAN. COBOL programmers don't have senses of humor.
sheikheddy 8y ago
Actually, integers are a subset of the real numbers. I think you mean complex numbers with a non-zero imaginary component.
- mysterydip 8y ago
  I'm so used to talking data types I forgot in math you're absolutely correct! Cooncidentally in Pascal, real and integer are the names of two numeric data types.
  - sheikheddy 8y ago
    That's good to know! I was born after Pascal's peak, so I've never used it, so I wasn't aware that I was wrong in a sense :D
- Someone 8y ago
  In Pascal Real’s aren’t necessarily a superset of Integer’s (both can be four bytes, with, for example, 2^30+1 representable as an Integer, but not as a Real)
kristianov 8y ago
They are using English.

Real programmers don't actually use any language, as their time is best spent in forums and chat rooms arguing with non-real (integer?) programmers why they aren't real programmers.

yonder 8y ago

Integers are real numbers. Perhaps they are arguing with imaginary programmers.

Crinus 8y ago
I think this is a reference to an old joke about "God is Real, unless declared as Integer" since in Pascal Real and Integer are data types.
- alephnil 8y ago
  The joke is actually about FORTRAN, where variables don't have to be declared, and is implicitly declared as Integer if it's first letter is in the range I-N and otherwise implicitly declared as the type Real (usually 32-bit floating point). Thus the variable GOD will implicitly be of type real. Pascal have the same type names, but does not allow implicit declarations.
  - Crinus 8y ago
    Oh, interesting. I suspected it might be from an older language, but i expected Algol, not FORTRAN :-P. Personally i associate it with Pascal because i first saw it on an IRC channel's topic back in the mid-90s :-).
    - mcguire 8y ago
      If it's a stupid programming joke, you can probably blame it on FORTRAN. COBOL programmers don't have senses of humor.

sheikheddy 8y ago

Actually, integers are a subset of the real numbers. I think you mean complex numbers with a non-zero imaginary component.

mysterydip 8y ago
I'm so used to talking data types I forgot in math you're absolutely correct! Cooncidentally in Pascal, real and integer are the names of two numeric data types.
- sheikheddy 8y ago
  That's good to know! I was born after Pascal's peak, so I've never used it, so I wasn't aware that I was wrong in a sense :D
Someone 8y ago
In Pascal Real’s aren’t necessarily a superset of Integer’s (both can be four bytes, with, for example, 2^30+1 representable as an Integer, but not as a Real)

kristianov 8y ago

They are using English.