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Mathematicians Vs Programmers

Programming Algorithms Math Javascript Python

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Mathematicians Vs Programmers

Mathematicians lose their minds when you suggest "≠" and "!=" are the same thing. Meanwhile, programmers are just happy their code compiles with either "!=" or "==". The assignment vs. equality operator debate has caused more silent rage than any merge conflict in history. Somewhere right now, a CS student is using "=" instead of "==" and wondering why their if-statement always evaluates to true.

Fixing This Took Too Long

Debugging C++ Javascript Programming Python

4 months ago 176.1K views 0 shares

Fixing This Took Too Long

The difference between x -= 1 and x =- 1 is just one space, but the consequences are catastrophic. One decrements a variable, the other assigns negative one and destroys whatever value you were working with. Hours of debugging later, you're staring at your screen wondering why your algorithm produces garbage when the fix was just moving a single character. Spaces matter. Just like your relationship status.

Overthink JavaScript

Javascript Security Programming Debugging

4 months ago 160.2K views 0 shares

Overthink JavaScript

Single equals in a conditional? That's the kind of code that haunts developers at night. The poor soul used assignment (=) instead of comparison (==) in their if statement, basically saying "hey, let's make every user an admin and then grant access." Security teams worldwide just felt a disturbance in the force. Sweet dreams!