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JPDev to Programmer Humor · 1 year ago

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  • fartsparkles@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    Is this a reference to something because I’d love to read it if you have a time to share.

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      Woah. I did a quick google and it’s not just a meme, but actually used in some major lang’s libraries.

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        This is one of those “modern Google/search sucks” moments because I couldn’t immediately find examples of it in a programming language.

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          I actually used DDG and most I’ve seen, they’re just used as arguments for functions notably in C and Python

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      It is used in ksh korn shell to see what executable responds to a command:

      https://superuser.com/a/351995

      Edit: Oh, what a rabbit hole: Why not use “which”? What to use then?

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