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reificator
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No engineer has ever sued because of constructive ...
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And then after two rounds of interviews they rejected me because apparently 'cat error.log | grep 'ERROR:' | wc -l' is not how real programmers find error count, but write python programs every single time they face such a problem.
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somebodythere
on Feb 7, 2020
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Real programmers would write bulletsDodged++;
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https://doc.rust-lang.org/1.2.0/complement-design-faq.html#w...
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our style guide dictates ++bulletsDodged;
ErikAugust
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Well, bulletsDodged++ and ++bulletsDodged mean different things in most languages. It ain't just a matter of style. :)
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Like C++ gives you the current value of C and then increments it for some future use.
reificator
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But preferring one over the other is.
philpem
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Thing is, that's not valid Python - but the OP's version is ;-)
gdy
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Corollary: Python programmers are not real.
philpem
on Feb 11, 2020
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Descartes: I hiss therefore I am... ;)
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