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tough choice? (lemmy.zip)
submitted 10 months ago by to c/programmer_humor@programming.dev
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[–] 125 points 10 months ago (8 children)

Fortran. At least it was comprehensible to a human brain once upon a time. And probably efficiently written.

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  • [–] 45 points 10 months ago (3 children)

    If you're good at assembly you'll be fine once you get past the bad formatting, short names, etc. that was common at that time.

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  • [–] 27 points 10 months ago (2 children)

    I deal with a code base written in the 90s in a language similar to basic. All the 3 letter variable names drive me crazy

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  • [–] 20 points 10 months ago (2 children)

    Yeah really. It would be some tough sledding at first, but it would be far better than looking at some code with some nicely named methods and variables with lots of comments (with emoticons!) for days... only to find out it does absolutely nothing.

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