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soft pack (lemmy.sdf.org)

submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 21 points 4 months ago

Not OCaml?

[–] [email protected] 16 points 4 months ago

Marketing to children I see. Trying to trap young, impressionable children, in the world of programming in Perl.

[–] jerkface 13 points 4 months ago

Visited the states in the 90s. Driving through the night. Went into a gas station convenience store half asleep needing cigarettes. Ask for whatever brand is on display. Girl behind the counter asks, "Hard or soft?" This question boggles me and my brain short circuits. I just keep asking, "Huh? What?" over and over until she gets frustrated and picks one for me.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I understood the reference

[–] cygnus 9 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Care to help someone who didn't? I'd have gone for "YAML"

[–] [email protected] 14 points 4 months ago (2 children)

[–] cygnus 8 points 4 months ago (1 children)

[–] jerkface 5 points 4 months ago

ORLY!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

I have both 3rd and 4th edition around here somewhere.

EDIT: Found them. It was 2nd and 4th edition

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago

i'd smoke if these were my cigs

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago

Perl isn't quite as bad for your health, but I appreciate the camel imagery.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago

I really like this one!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago

Camel hair filters