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Stringly typed (programming.dev)

submitted 1 day ago by sus@programming.dev to c/programmer_humor@programming.dev

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[-] NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 2 points 1 day ago

There are two genders: string and null

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[-] lime@feddit.nu 10 points 1 day ago

some of you have never programmed in tcl and it shows

[-] frezik@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 day ago

I have. I quickly learned not to.

Tk is overlooked, though. It's not pretty, and its approach is archaic, but it's one of the few GUI toolkits that Just Works on every platform I tried it on with minimum fuss.

[-] lime@feddit.nu 3 points 1 day ago

having used swing and modern js, i still prefer tk.

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[-] desmosthenes@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago

lol I think this when I see “any”

[-] KindaABigDyl@programming.dev 9 points 1 day ago

Just use enums

[-] kruhmaster@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 day ago

[-] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 day ago

Cat type?

[-] kruhmaster@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 day ago

No, just meow.

[-] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 day ago

No, i'm asking what type the cat is.

[-] MigratingApe@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 day ago

Perl!

[-] communism@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 day ago

Simply make everything an array of bytes

[-] trxxruraxvr@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago

Remember Tcl

[-] Feyd@programming.dev 5 points 1 day ago

I fucking love tcl

[-] MigratingApe@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

The almighty package require Expect. The muse of automation.

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[-] Valmond@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

🤢

[-] driving_crooner@lemmy.eco.br 3 points 1 day ago

Kinda started using that with polars, force the scan/read schema as string, and down the road cast as the necessary type when needed. I'm calling it "just in time" data cleaning.