kyub@discuss.tchncs.de to Programmer HumorEnglish · edit-23 months agoThe infamous "if loop" actually existsdiscuss.tchncs.deexternal-linkmessage-square30linkfedilinkarrow-up1197arrow-down113file-text
arrow-up1184arrow-down1external-linkThe infamous "if loop" actually existsdiscuss.tchncs.dekyub@discuss.tchncs.de to Programmer HumorEnglish · edit-23 months agomessage-square30linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareKacarott@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up17·3 months agoBut what is it in reference to? What’s the “infamous if loop”?
minus-squareaMockTie@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up51·3 months agoAh, I believe that would be from a college course.
minus-squareulternolinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·3 months agoI always wondered why I always had a hard time making developers not call “if” a “loop”. Turns out it was on their tests. Glad I didn’t read my college material, or I would have lost faith in my college professors.
minus-squareNigelFrobisher@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up4·3 months agoIt just occurred to that in Yorkshire dialect a while loop would actually be an until loop. Directives to the rescue!
minus-squarekyub@discuss.tchncs.deOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·3 months ago“Infamous” just refers to newbies who sometimes call if statements “if loops”. I’ve heard this quite a bit.
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But what is it in reference to? What’s the “infamous if loop”?
Ah, I believe that would be
from a college course.
I always wondered why I always had a hard time making developers not call “if” a “loop”.
Turns out it was on their tests.
Glad I didn’t read my college material, or I would have lost faith in my college professors.
It just occurred to that in Yorkshire dialect a while loop would actually be an until loop. Directives to the rescue!
“Infamous” just refers to newbies who sometimes call if statements “if loops”. I’ve heard this quite a bit.
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