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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) | 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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| + | == "Can't happen" == | ||
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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 | ||
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| + | For example: | ||
| + | <source lang=php> | ||
| + | for ($i=1;$i<=5;++$i) {echo $i." - ";} | ||
| + | if ($i<10) {echo "Bye!";} else {echo "Can't happen!";} | ||
| + | </source> | ||
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| + | [[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)
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!";}
