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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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[-] invalidusernamelol@hexbear.net 2 points 5 hours ago

I would say Pirate Software wrote this, but at least the variables have readable names here.

[-] comrade_pibb@hexbear.net 16 points 2 days ago

IS_A_COUPLE ^🫲^🥴~🫱~

[-] shrek_is_love@lemmy.ml 7 points 2 days ago

Basically that's the same thing. In PHP 'is couple' is done almost for the compatibility reasons, as nothing blocks one to change the name dictionary. Defining same forename as male and female (so two lines) means couple. Using '?' means it being unisex. The terms how they're meant - couple is a name common to both male and female, unisex could be for example a female name given to male person. With the default dataset you can simply join that two cases in the switch. For the database format just look into data/nam_dict.txt in the package.

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[-] Snort_Owl@hexbear.net 9 points 2 days ago

I don’t know whats more confusing. The explanation or the fact someone actually wanted to use the class

[-] ThermonuclearHoxha@hexbear.net 2 points 2 days ago

Plural noises intensify

[-] OgdenTO@hexbear.net 14 points 2 days ago

That's Numberwang!

[-] Rom@hexbear.net 14 points 2 days ago

My gender is Portugal

[-] rubber_chicken@hexbear.net 10 points 2 days ago
[-] huf@hexbear.net 9 points 2 days ago

php is a pathway to abilities some consdier to be... unnatural.

[-] Dort_Owl@hexbear.net 10 points 2 days ago
[-] SorosFootSoldier@hexbear.net 10 points 2 days ago

Error from Zelda 2? VINDICATED.

[-] Thordros@hexbear.net 9 points 2 days ago
[-] BigWeed@hexbear.net 9 points 2 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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