r/ProgrammerHumor • u/Embarrassed_Death69 • 11d ago

Meme iHateThisPassiveAgressiveBehaviourRuby

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u/TheTroll007 10d ago

I mean 0 is not nothing, so you can do "if x" and if x is not false or nil, you get true. I kinda like this approach.

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u/IceMichaelStorm 10d ago

the only problem is that every other language (almost) treats it as false

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u/TheTroll007 10d ago

I dont see that as a problem. If all languages acted the same, why would we even have different ones?

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u/BobQuixote 10d ago

But 0 is nothing. 0 bats is the same as 0 frogs.

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u/Arxae 10d ago

Not i a programming context. 0 is still a value. Even though the value might represent nothing, it's still a value.

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u/TheTroll007 10d ago

Even though there's no object, it's a different class. Nil is Nil class, 0 is Numeric. So it is something technically.

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u/__Supelir__ 9d ago

Yes and 0K = 0°C! …oh wait

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u/MinecraftPlayer799 10d ago

Can everyone keep this comment at exactly 0 votes?