• muzzle@lemmy.world
      1·
      1 year ago

      Preprocessing source code is an awful idea and I wish it never became widespread.

      I used to hate semantic whitespace, but I came around when I was using it anyway.

      • marcos@lemmy.world
        3·
        1 year ago

        Oh bummer… I was so glad believing somebody understood the m4 joke.

        Text preprocessors for code are awful. But the m4 + python combo is so full of landmines that I’m wondering if I should try it.

        • muzzle@lemmy.world
          2·
          1 year ago

          I can only defend myself with the good old “it is impossible to write a Y̶o̶u̶T̶u̶b̶e̶ Lemmy comment stupid enough that everyone will realise it is ment to be sarcastic”

          • marcos@lemmy.world
            2·
            1 year ago

            I would say that one should expect a high probability of comments on “Programmer Humor” being sarcastic. But deep down I know you are right.