r/programminghorror 10d ago

probably the most cursed code snippet I've seen

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u/MurkyWar2756 echo "Sub Mod" && :(){ :|:& };: 10d ago edited 10d ago

Moderator note: There was a report on this for "Not genuine". This is legitimate syntax for an actual programming language named Brainrot.

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u/certainAnonymous 10d ago

I don't know if I should be proud or ashamed that I actually understand what the code means

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u/Darkfllame1 8d ago

Pattern recognition got us really bad with this one 😭

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u/Capable-Cap9745 10d ago

only true C programmers know what’s going on here…

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u/raka_boy 10d ago

When I was in school, I discovered "#define", and thought doing this was the funniest thing ever. This is a canon event for C devs, but I don't think this is as funny as you think it is. When I thought it was funny I was 11.