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[-] xmunk@sh.itjust.works 37 points 8 months ago

Still not as good as whence

[-] fartsparkles@sh.itjust.works 14 points 8 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 6 points 8 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 4 points 8 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 1 points 8 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 5 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 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 2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 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 ....

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