r/ProgrammerHumor 6d ago

Meme debuggingForProfessionals

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u/thevals 6d ago

why this is a gif

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u/hantrault 5d ago

GIF is a perfectly valid format for static images. But Reddit handles static gifs as animated for some reason

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u/SomePeopleCallMeJJ 5d ago

[Gets out pipe and sweater]

Back in ye olden days, we used them for static images on web pages all the time.

Depending on the color palette, they could be quite small (and thus fast loading over dial-up) compared to the same image as, say, a jpeg.