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@JPDev@programming.dev · 10 months ago

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@xmunk@sh.itjust.works · 10 months ago

Still not as good as whence

@fartsparkles@sh.itjust.works · 10 months ago

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

@xx3rawr@sh.itjust.works · 10 months ago

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

@jjjalljs@ttrpg.network · 10 months ago

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

@xx3rawr@sh.itjust.works · 10 months ago

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

@LeFrog@discuss.tchncs.de · edit-2 10 months ago

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?

@SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml · edit-2 10 months ago

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 ....