1833: Code Quality 3 - Revision history

FaviFake: /* Explanation */

2025-07-31T07:40:31Z

‎Explanation

FaviFake at 13:18, 29 July 2025

2025-07-29T13:18:11Z

FaviFake: This series can only be defined by the 3 main comics. 1700: New Bug is the same as the other two comics, yet it's not in the series. There are other examples in the Category:Cueball Computer Problems, which instead is a good compromise.

2025-07-29T13:13:22Z

This series can only be defined by the 3 main comics. 1700: New Bug is the same as the other two comics, yet it's not in the series. There are other examples in the Category:Cueball Computer Problems, which instead is a good compromise.

AK24Ammit: /* Transcript */

2025-03-26T00:38:05Z

‎Transcript

172.68.243.78: The old revision better shows the messiness.

2024-04-25T05:43:39Z

The old revision better shows the messiness.

172.70.38.51: /* Explanation */

2024-04-22T18:48:07Z

‎Explanation

Lettherebedarklight: /* Explanation */ no

2024-02-24T06:34:17Z

‎Explanation: no

172.70.174.208 at 22:27, 22 February 2024

2024-02-22T22:27:23Z

Erlandyt: Fixed code block

2023-10-15T18:35:39Z

Fixed code block

Erlandyt: Added more info about "tactical" flashlights

2023-10-15T18:34:59Z

Added more info about "tactical" flashlights

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 * [[1833: Code Quality 3]]
-In the first panel, Ponytail references {{w|query string|query strings}}, which store information, such as search queries or page numbers, relevant to the URL. Query strings are often not meant to be especially human-readable (eg. "&sxsrf=APq-WBvn82l8oTeNNzZeCkI7B9nM5nxoVg%3A1647235405067"), so a song based on one would likely not be a good one.{{fact}}
+In the first panel, Ponytail references {{w|query string|query strings}}, which store information, such as search queries or page numbers, relevant to the URL. Query strings are often not meant to be especially human-readable (eg. "&sxsrf=APq-WBvn82l8oTeNNzZeCkI7B9nM5nxoVg%3A1647235405067"), so a song based on one would likely not be a good one.
 A tactical flashlight is a light that can be mounted on a gun for use in low-light scenarios. (Some stores in online marketplaces may also call their flashlights "tactical" just to make them sound higher quality). They tend to be very durable and very bright. Different models have different features and capabilities, so they are given cool-sounding model numbers. [http://www.json.org/ JSON] (JavaScript Object Notation) is a subset of JavaScript used, by many programming languages, as a convenient way of recording structured data. It's not clear what else would be in the table (tables typically have more than one column) and JSON technically has arrays and objects (dictionaries) but not tables, but a JSON array of objects of these model numbers would look something like:
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 At this point Cueball, quickly becoming impatient with Ponytail's sass in what is supposed to be a formal code review, retorts that if she can't start giving him the constructive criticism that he's looking for, he can always find someone else to replace her. Ponytail smugly responds that nobody else would be able to stomach his code for more than one sitting, and that she's the only one he's got.
-{{w|Forth_(programming_language)#Programmer.27s_perspective|Forth}} is an old programming language that tends to be difficult to read. It is stack-based, meaning that values to be operated on are moved on a {{w|Stack (abstract data type)|stack}} before the operation to be performed is given. Using stacks can be considered different from programming languages that resemble natural human language (e.g. {{w|COBOL}}). While stack-based computing makes some problems very simple (for example, it is relatively simple to design a Forth compiler, or reversing the order of an array) and uses less computing resources, such programming languages are not easy to learn. Since Forth allows the programmer to rewrite the language, or define their own language, and it does not enforce restrictions like data types, it may be especially easy for novices to write cryptic code.
+{{w|Forth_(programming_language)#Programmer.27s_perspective|Forth}} is an old programming language that tends to be difficult to read. It is stack-based, meaning that values to be operated on are moved on a {{w|Stack (abstract data type)|stack}} before the operation to be performed is given. Using stacks can be considered different from programming languages that resemble natural human language (e.g. {{w|COBOL}}). While stack-based computing makes some problems very simple (for example, it is relatively simple to design a Forth compiler, or reversing the order of an array) and uses less computing resources, such programming languages are not easy to learn. Since Forth allows the programmer to rewrite the language, or define their own language, and it does not enforce restrictions like data types, it may be especially easy for novices to write cryptic code. A {{w|cryptogram}} is a cipher puzzle, generally one easy enough to be solved manually. The title text implies that the code is so bad that it looks like unreadable Forth code that is missing random characters.
 ==Transcript==

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 [[Category:Programming]]
 [[Category:Computers]]
-[[Category:Cueball Computer Problems]]
+[[Category:Cueball's computer problems]]

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 ==Explanation==
-This comic is the third in the [[:Category:Code Quality|Code Quality]] series:
+This comic is the third in the [[:Category:Code Quality|Code Quality series]]:
 * [[1513: Code Quality]]
 * [[1695: Code Quality 2]]
 * [[1833: Code Quality 3]]
 In the first panel, Ponytail references {{w|query string|query strings}}, which store information, such as search queries or page numbers, relevant to the URL. Query strings are often not meant to be especially human-readable (eg. "&sxsrf=APq-WBvn82l8oTeNNzZeCkI7B9nM5nxoVg%3A1647235405067"), so a song based on one would likely not be a good one.{{fact}}

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 :[Zoom in on Ponytail's upper body.]
 :Ponytail: It's like a JSON table of model numbers for flashlights with "tactical" in their names.
-:[Zoom back out again. Ponytail has lifted her hands off the table and is slightly leaning back against the chair.]
+:[Zoom out again. Ponytail has lifted her hands off the table and is slightly leaning back against the chair.]
 :Ponytail: Like you read Turing's 1936 paper on computing and a page of JavaScript example code and guessed at everything in between.
 :[Zoom in again on Ponytail's face.]

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 * [[2138: Wanna See the Code?]]
-In the first panel, Ponytail references {{w|query string|query strings}}, which store information, such as search queries or page numbers, relevant to the URL. Query strings are often not meant to be especially human-readable (eg. "?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ"), so a song based on one would likely not be a good one.{{fact}}
+In the first panel, Ponytail references {{w|query string|query strings}}, which store information, such as search queries or page numbers, relevant to the URL. Query strings are often not meant to be especially human-readable (eg. "&sxsrf=APq-WBvn82l8oTeNNzZeCkI7B9nM5nxoVg%3A1647235405067"), so a song based on one would likely not be a good one.{{fact}}
 A tactical flashlight is a light that can be mounted on a gun for use in low-light scenarios. (Some stores in online marketplaces may also call their flashlights "tactical" just to make them sound higher quality). They tend to be very durable and very bright. Different models have different features and capabilities, so they are given cool-sounding model numbers. [http://www.json.org/ JSON] (JavaScript Object Notation) is a subset of JavaScript used, by many programming languages, as a convenient way of recording structured data. It's not clear what else would be in the table (tables typically have more than one column) and JSON technically has arrays and objects (dictionaries) but not tables, but a JSON array of objects of these model numbers would look something like:

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 A tactical flashlight is a light that can be mounted on a gun for use in low-light scenarios. (Some stores in online marketplaces may also call their flashlights "tactical" just to make them sound higher quality). They tend to be very durable and very bright. Different models have different features and capabilities, so they are given cool-sounding model numbers. [http://www.json.org/ JSON] (JavaScript Object Notation) is a subset of JavaScript used, by many programming languages, as a convenient{{fact}} way of recording structured data. It's not clear what else would be in the table (tables typically have more than one column) and JSON technically has arrays and objects (dictionaries) but not tables, but a JSON array of objects of these model numbers would look something like:
-o [
      { "model": "TACT X700"},
      { "model": "Atomic Beam USA 5000" },