The Nineteenth Byte

DJMcMayhem

6:00 PM

@totallyhuman Newlines :P

moonheart08

^ otherwise C would support it.

// totally // nested // (tm)

altho..

totallyhuman

@DJMcMayhem right then python doesn't :P

moonheart08

// obscure \
C \
features \
hurt \
your \
head

totallyhuman

not obscure to me :P

moonheart08

:P

totallyhuman

6:01 PM

also click fixed button or ctrl+k

gives you multi-line code

moonheart08

test

oh

So does that mean i can embed the entirety of the V8 javascript engine into chat? /s

J. Sallé

@DJMcMayhem idk, I've been taught that calling Jewish people 'jews' is considered rude. Also, most of that sentence is quoted directly from Tolkien, so it can't be badly worded :p

caird coinheringaahing

This is when we really need Adam :/

DJMcMayhem

@J.Sallé Hmmm. IMO it's very similar to using the term "black" to refer to someone who's African American. It isn't inherently wrong or offensive, but since it can be used derogatorily, (and frequently is), a different term would be preferred

And it's also similar because some people would be offended and others wouldn't. It really comes down to the individual

But I guess that's true of any term

totallyhuman

:o i just realized triple-clicking my touchpad inside a textbox pastes

J. Sallé

6:09 PM

@DJMcMayhem indeed it is.

caird coinheringaahing

@DJMcMayhem How dare you, you hat-wearing cat! :P

DJMcMayhem

D':

caird coinheringaahing

Q: What is a language that supports functions called? Functional?

J. Sallé

@cairdcoinheringaahing decent!

Pavel

@cairdcoinheringaahing Normal

caird coinheringaahing

6:18 PM

ಠ_ಠ

As in Python without classes

Pavel

Python isn't a functional language

moonheart08

@cairdcoinheringaahing Python without classes

Pavel

Removing features won't make it functional

caird coinheringaahing

Isn't it something like procedural?

Pavel

Yep

totallyhuman

6:19 PM

@Pavel nobody said that :P

Pavel

C is Procedural

J. Sallé

Isn't procedural the contrary of OO languages?

Or is that structured? I can never recall

Pavel

@J.Sallé Not necessarily. C++ is procedural OOP.

Procedural is basically when you tell the compiler step by step what instructions to execute..

moonheart08

What would a language that can only describe the relation between objects be called? (As in, it can't perform standard computation like you'd expect, it has to find a way to describe it as a relation between objects, like a and b -> c)

J. Sallé

@Pavel I see.

@moonheart08 useless? >.>

Pavel

6:21 PM

@moonheart08 Pure OOP?

totallyhuman

tip: if you want quick mathjax, you can use @MathBot in the discord server and copy it over

:P

Pavel

That does sound useless though.

moonheart08

@J.Sallé Nah, i think might know how to make it turing. It's a concept i've been throwing around

caird coinheringaahing

@DJMcMayhem Q: Just to confirm, you are male?

Pavel

@cairdcoinheringaahing Yes

totallyhuman

6:21 PM

$user image$

PhiNotPi

@moonheart08 Like UML? (I don't really know UML)

DJMcMayhem

@cairdcoinheringaahing Yes

Pavel

@PhiNotPi Or json

H.PWiz

@moonheart08 Like Prolog? (Declarative)

moonheart08

Precisely. I knew my idea wasn't unique, just couldn't pin it down lol

I think of all sorts of things when reading you guy's answers to things.

PhiNotPi

6:25 PM

A diagram I found on the wiki page for programming paradigms.

I'm sure it means something, not sure what.

totallyhuman

what

caird coinheringaahing

@DJMcMayhem Once you get the gold review badge, can you stop reviewing? I kinda miss it... :P

DJMcMayhem

@cairdcoinheringaahing Hahaha

Maybe ;)

Hopefully I'll be busy with mod reviews instead

Mr. Xcoder

As a mod, I don't think it would be right to stop reviewing :P

quartata

@PhiNotPi this is awesome actually

basically you follow the primitives your language has

the shaded boxes encompass overall paradigms (e.g. functional)

then at the end of each path are specific ones

Mr. Xcoder

6:38 PM

Question: Regarding command line flags, is there any difference between - and --?

Anonymous

@Mr.Xcoder Programs are free to interpret flags however they wish. However, in POSIX land, - is usually followed by a single character (a "short flag"), and -- is usually followed by multiple characters (a "long flag"). For setting values, it's usually done like -a foo and --something=foo.

Anonymous

Also in POSIX land, combining short flags is usually allowed (-abc instead of -a -b -c)

Mr. Xcoder

Ok, thanks. I thought about char vs string but didn't know exactly what the difference is.

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