https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/api.php?action=feedcontributions&feedformat=atom&user=108.162.250.168 2026-05-25T08:49:53Z User contributions MediaWiki 1.30.0 https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=1513:_Code_Quality&diff=90007 2015-04-17T05:54:36Z

<p>108.162.250.168: /* Explanation */</p> <hr /> <div>{{comic<br /> | number = 1513<br /> | date = April 17, 2015<br /> | title = Code Quality<br /> | image = code quality.png<br /> | titletext = I honestly didn't think you could even USE emoji in variable names. Or that there were so many different crying ones.<br /> }}<br /> <br /> ==Explanation==<br /> {{incomplete|Early bird edit by an in-experienced editor}}<br /> Cueball asks Ponytail to look at some code that he has written, warning her that he is self-taught so his code probably won't be written the way she is used to. Although few programming languages require a perfectly rigid style so long as the code is syntactically accurate, most programmers follow some sort of {{w|Programming_style|style}} to make the code easier to read. This includes indenting lines to show levels and using descriptive variable identifiers with {{w|CamelCase|&quot;camel case&quot;}} capitalization (capitalizing each word except for the first.)<br /> <br /> The title text refers to {{w|emoji}}, or &quot;smiley faces&quot;. They exist in unicode, or can be simulated using ascii characters. There are many crying emojis, as said (e.g. ,😭,😂,😿,😹) In most programming languages it would be impossible to use tham as names for variables, as the symbols used to make them would break the syntax used in most languages. The exception to this is Apple's new programming language in which the code can understand and use emojis in variables.<br /> <br /> ==Transcript==<br /> :[Cueball showing Ponytail his laptop]<br /> :Cueball: Keep in mind that I'm self-taught, so my code may be a little messy.<br /> :Ponytail: Lemme see - I'm sure it's fine.<br /> <br /> :[Ponytail sits at desk]<br /> :Ponytail: ...Wow. This is like being in a house built by a child using nothing but a hatchet and a picture of a house.<br /> <br /> :Ponytail: It's like a salad recipe written by a corporate lawyer using a phone autocorrect that only knew Excel formulas.<br /> <br /> :Ponytail: It's like someone took a transcript of a couple arguing at IKEA and made random edits until it compiled without errors.<br /> :Cueball: '''''Okay,''''' I'll read a style guide.<br /> <br /> {{comic discussion}}<br /> &lt;!-- Include any categories below this line. --&gt;</div>

108.162.250.168 https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:1513:_Code_Quality&diff=90006 2015-04-17T05:53:15Z

<p>108.162.250.168: </p> <hr /> <div>On the bright side, I now have a new array of phrases to keep me sane while doing code reviews... [[Special:Contributions/108.162.249.162|108.162.249.162]] 05:47, 17 April 2015 (UTC)<br /> I think the emojis were referring to swift where you can use emojis as variables.</div>

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