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When I tried to go here originally, it was unreachable. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.107.61|162.158.107.61]] 03:54, 11 September 2019 (UTC) | When I tried to go here originally, it was unreachable. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.107.61|162.158.107.61]] 03:54, 11 September 2019 (UTC) | ||
+ | :Yes that was really a funny coincidence, although it lasted a bit too long. --[[User:Kynde|Kynde]] ([[User talk:Kynde|talk]]) 09:37, 11 September 2019 (UTC) | ||
− | + | Nothing about the comic suggests a website. it looks more like the error message of a program. also, i don't think CB is typing it, just reading. [[Special:Contributions/172.68.50.124|172.68.50.124]] 06:20, 11 September 2019 (UTC) | |
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This comic is not about "a problem that the programmers did not anticipate", but rather a situation that the programmer rules out as impossible, which is technically called "Can't happen" or "Impossible Error" in the hacker/programmer's jargon. See http://catb.org/jargon/html/C/can-t-happen.html | This comic is not about "a problem that the programmers did not anticipate", but rather a situation that the programmer rules out as impossible, which is technically called "Can't happen" or "Impossible Error" in the hacker/programmer's jargon. See http://catb.org/jargon/html/C/can-t-happen.html | ||
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if ($i<10) {echo "Bye!";} else {echo "Can't happen!";} | if ($i<10) {echo "Bye!";} else {echo "Can't happen!";} | ||
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[[User:ElfQrin|ElfQrin]] ([[User talk:ElfQrin|talk]]) 07:14, 11 September 2019 (UTC) | [[User:ElfQrin|ElfQrin]] ([[User talk:ElfQrin|talk]]) 07:14, 11 September 2019 (UTC) | ||
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When I tried to go here originally, it was unreachable. 162.158.107.61 03:54, 11 September 2019 (UTC)
- Yes that was really a funny coincidence, although it lasted a bit too long. --Kynde (talk) 09:37, 11 September 2019 (UTC)
Nothing about the comic suggests a website. it looks more like the error message of a program. also, i don't think CB is typing it, just reading. 172.68.50.124 06:20, 11 September 2019 (UTC)
- "Can't happen"
This comic is not about "a problem that the programmers did not anticipate", but rather a situation that the programmer rules out as impossible, which is technically called "Can't happen" or "Impossible Error" in the hacker/programmer's jargon. See http://catb.org/jargon/html/C/can-t-happen.html
For example:
for ($i=1;$i<=5;++$i) {echo $i." - ";} if ($i<10) {echo "Bye!";} else {echo "Can't happen!";}
ElfQrin (talk) 07:14, 11 September 2019 (UTC)
Also it helps not to be too cute even with impossible error messages. A colleague left a message along the lines of Application rubbish bin has broken.
once. Cue a somewhat perplexed user call several years later…
“Scientists have calculated that the chances of something so patently absurd actually existing are millions to one. But magicians have calculated that million-to-one chances crop up nine times out of ten.”
― Terry Pratchett, Mort
--Kventin (talk) 07:51, 11 September 2019 (UTC)
The "anything can happen" may be reference to undefined behavior in some programming languages (most famous are C and C++) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Undefined_behavior. And the error message is rather about assertion failure https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assertion_(software_development) 162.158.92.54 08:03, 11 September 2019 (UTC)