alphacyberranger@sh.itjust.works to Programmer Humor@lemmy.mlEnglish · 5 months agoIt's called attaining divinitysh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1imageIt's called attaining divinitysh.itjust.worksalphacyberranger@sh.itjust.works to Programmer Humor@lemmy.mlEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square6fedilink
minus-squareJayjader@jlai.lulinkfedilinkarrow-up0·5 months agoIn case the “dim” comment isn’t a joke, as I recall it’s short for “dimension”, as in you are specifying each variable’s dimension in the computer’s memory. Source: some “intro to programming with vb6” book I read like 15 years ago at this point.
minus-squareSkull giver@popplesburger.hilciferous.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up0·5 months agoI know it’s not an insult, but for a language that’s supposedly trying to make programming more like English, it’s an odd choice.
In case the “dim” comment isn’t a joke, as I recall it’s short for “dimension”, as in you are specifying each variable’s dimension in the computer’s memory. Source: some “intro to programming with vb6” book I read like 15 years ago at this point.
I know it’s not an insult, but for a language that’s supposedly trying to make programming more like English, it’s an odd choice.