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French programmers be like: (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 1 month ago by Ragdoll_X@sh.itjust.works to c/programmer_humor@programming.dev

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[–] BuboScandiacus@mander.xyz 2 points 1 month ago (8 children)

I don’t get it

[–] Randelung@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago (7 children)

eaux is pronounced o in the world oiseaux, which means birds. foo is a common stand-in name in programming, along with bar. foo has two o's, which are both replaced with the french spelling.

[–] BuboScandiacus@mander.xyz -2 points 1 month ago (5 children)

It doesn’t work (as explained in another comment)

[–] Randelung@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

beauxeauxeaux

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