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JPDev@programming.dev to Programmer Humor@programming.dev · 1 year ago

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  • xmunk@sh.itjust.works
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    Still not as good as whence

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      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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      Legislation (which feels similar to programming languages sometimes) seems to have some keywords of its own. I remember seeing a lot of Whereas ... and Having regard to ....

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