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Don't anthropomorphize your variables, they hate that. And it makes it awkward when you have to ruthlessly eliminate them.

usgroup 5y ago
At least he wasn't "objectifying" them. (for the sensitive, this is a joke about class naming convention, which didn't seem subject to female variable names in the article).
- starfallg 5y ago
  They're not fat, just overloaded!
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      - chrisseaton 5y ago
        Because it’s downvoted? Probably just people generally downvoting jokes.
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  - speed_spread 5y ago
    For all its political correctness, Rust still has Fat Pointers. Which might be put to good use when doing Response Body Shaming?
    - usually 5y ago
      And the fat arrow: "=>" https://play.rust-lang.org/?code=fn%20main()%20%7B%0Amatch%20()%20%7B_%20-%3E%20()%7D%0A%7D https://play.rust-lang.org/?code=fn%20main()%20%7B%0Amatch%2...
  - rhacker 5y ago
    super
- zefhous 5y ago
  I don't know. Is it worse to objectify them or to treat them functionally? How would you feel to be locked up and separated into discrete units, only to be used up and thrown away?
neogodless 5y ago
It's also a bit hard to find good methods that are seriously into polymorphism.
- swyx 5y ago
  tuples and thruples are my thing but they aren't the norm in my language :(
  - dekhn 5y ago
    there's even a language called Linda that makes extensive use of tuples. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linda_(coordination_language) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linda_(coordination_language)
messe 5y ago
Just think of variables as you would Larry Ellison.
high_density 5y ago
hm I regularly massacre processes in my laptop...
- Cthulhu_ 5y ago
  "how to terminate forked children"
  - wbl 5y ago
    Just be careful to reap the results lest you get zombies. Yes, that's the standard Unix terminology.
  - speed_spread 5y ago
    "purging orphans"
  - bitwize 5y ago
    "Out of memory: Kill process X or sacrifice child" The "Feed me a stray cat" of kernel error messages.
    - brezelgoring 5y ago
      What's the 'feed me a stray cat' kernel error message? I thought that was just part of the American Psycho lore.
      - bitwize 5y ago
        Well, a panic arose on Twitter when conservatives discovered their crashed smart TVs started demanding the sacrifice of children... must have been all the daemons possessing our computers: https://www.reddit.com/r/ProgrammerHumor/comments/p4v7q3/there_are_daemons_in_the_computer/ https://www.reddit.com/r/ProgrammerHumor/comments/p4v7q3/the...
  - magoghm 5y ago
    What I love about Unix is that you can talk about pipes blocked by dead children spawned by daemons, and it actually makes sense.
rory 5y ago
Eschew variables altogether. It's the constants that make for a good life.
- gumby 5y ago
  I use template metaprogramming to do all the computation at compile time.
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usgroup 5y ago

At least he wasn't "objectifying" them. (for the sensitive, this is a joke about class naming convention, which didn't seem subject to female variable names in the article).

starfallg 5y ago
They're not fat, just overloaded!
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    - chrisseaton 5y ago
      Because it’s downvoted? Probably just people generally downvoting jokes.
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  [deleted]
- speed_spread 5y ago
  For all its political correctness, Rust still has Fat Pointers. Which might be put to good use when doing Response Body Shaming?
  - usually 5y ago
    And the fat arrow: "=>" https://play.rust-lang.org/?code=fn%20main()%20%7B%0Amatch%20()%20%7B_%20-%3E%20()%7D%0A%7D https://play.rust-lang.org/?code=fn%20main()%20%7B%0Amatch%2...
- rhacker 5y ago
  super
zefhous 5y ago
I don't know. Is it worse to objectify them or to treat them functionally? How would you feel to be locked up and separated into discrete units, only to be used up and thrown away?

neogodless 5y ago

It's also a bit hard to find good methods that are seriously into polymorphism.

swyx 5y ago
tuples and thruples are my thing but they aren't the norm in my language :(
- dekhn 5y ago
  there's even a language called Linda that makes extensive use of tuples. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linda_(coordination_language) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linda_(coordination_language)

messe 5y ago

Just think of variables as you would Larry Ellison.

high_density 5y ago

hm I regularly massacre processes in my laptop...

Cthulhu_ 5y ago
"how to terminate forked children"
- wbl 5y ago
  Just be careful to reap the results lest you get zombies. Yes, that's the standard Unix terminology.
- speed_spread 5y ago
  "purging orphans"
- bitwize 5y ago
  "Out of memory: Kill process X or sacrifice child" The "Feed me a stray cat" of kernel error messages.
  - brezelgoring 5y ago
    What's the 'feed me a stray cat' kernel error message? I thought that was just part of the American Psycho lore.
    - bitwize 5y ago
      Well, a panic arose on Twitter when conservatives discovered their crashed smart TVs started demanding the sacrifice of children... must have been all the daemons possessing our computers: https://www.reddit.com/r/ProgrammerHumor/comments/p4v7q3/there_are_daemons_in_the_computer/ https://www.reddit.com/r/ProgrammerHumor/comments/p4v7q3/the...
- magoghm 5y ago
  What I love about Unix is that you can talk about pipes blocked by dead children spawned by daemons, and it actually makes sense.

rory 5y ago

Eschew variables altogether. It's the constants that make for a good life.

gumby 5y ago
I use template metaprogramming to do all the computation at compile time.

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