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Php is the best language and true programmers know this is the case

The b in nb stands for britain. The n stands for… er. Numberwang

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[-] 30_to_50_Feral_PAWGs@hexbear.net 7 points 3 days ago

Ah, so it's an extension that tries to determine gender of a first name by country locale. Seems like a fool's errand -- especially in PHP -- but I guess the weird constants make sense in that context.

https://www.php.net/manual/en/gender.example.admin.php

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