kyub@discuss.tchncs.de to Programmer Humor@programming.devEnglish · edit-21 month agoThe infamous "if loop" actually existsdiscuss.tchncs.deexternal-linkmessage-square30fedilinkarrow-up1195arrow-down112file-text
arrow-up1183arrow-down1external-linkThe infamous "if loop" actually existsdiscuss.tchncs.dekyub@discuss.tchncs.de to Programmer Humor@programming.devEnglish · edit-21 month agomessage-square30fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareKacarottlinkfedilinkarrow-up16·1 month agoBut what is it in reference to? What’s the “infamous if loop”?
minus-squareaMockTie@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up49·1 month agoAh, I believe that would be from a college course.
minus-squareulterno@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·1 month 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-squareNigelFrobisherlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 month 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-up12·1 month 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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