A modern “Hello, World” program requires more than just code

Re:A modern “Hello, World” program requires more than just code by sk0g on Friday March 06, 2020 @12:12AM (#22501151)

I'd honestly rather have a,b,c than that! Nobody writes code with such placeholder variable names, so why demonstrate it that way?

Placeholder variables like i and j don't count! Foo, Baz, etc are annoying to read too, IMO.

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Re:A modern “Hello, World” program requires more than just code by runarberg on Friday March 06, 2020 @12:33AM (#22501217)

I use foo, bar, baz, etc. all the time when I’m writing tests. But I agree generally it is better when examples use meaningful name `cd /path/to/file` as oppose to `cd /foo/bar/baz`

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