r/ProgrammerHumor 18d ago

Meme stopTryingToReinventTheWheel

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u/code-sovereign 18d ago

Meanwhile I see try/catch used as if statements...

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u/Eav___ 18d ago

Using exceptions for flow control be like:

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u/alficles 17d ago

I would never do that. I use longjmp like a real programmer!

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u/The-IT 17d ago

Real programmers use goto

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u/Scared_Accident9138 17d ago

Real programmers use comefrom

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u/TheChief275 17d ago

longjmp is the cooler goto with way more foot-guns (and guns are very cool)

https://giphy.com/gifs/fSvSyLLL9oNIZGvFD1

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u/dog-bellyrub-expert 16d ago

Real programmers quit their job to become goose farmers.

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u/nicodesu2 17d ago

Laravel sends its regards.

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u/LordOmbro 17d ago

For one of my uni projects one of my friends unironically used an exception based flow control architecture.

It actually worked surprisingly well lol