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[2012-Jun-28] While Loop

Posted: Thu Jun 28, 2012 7:37 am
by Willa
Unless the pity-based relationship thing in the votey is actually working, I think this guy just got caught in an infinite loop.

Also, the loneliness/AHHHHH!!! code in the 2nd panel makes no sense whatsoever.

Re: [2012 June 28] While Loop

Posted: Thu Jun 28, 2012 10:36 am
by BoomBoom
There's a missing "AAAAAAH!" in the output...

Re: [2012 June 28] While Loop

Posted: Thu Jun 28, 2012 5:33 pm
by sotic
BoomBoom wrote:There's a missing "AAAAAAH!" in the output...
Maybe output is unbuffered and the computer is really, really slow.
Willa wrote:Also, the loneliness/AHHHHH!!! code in the 2nd panel makes no sense whatsoever.
It's valid Python, except for a missing colon after the while clause.
Should have been a for loop though.

Re: [2012 June 28] While Loop

Posted: Thu Jun 28, 2012 9:39 pm
by aah
Horrible naming convention.

Re: [2012 June 28] While Loop

Posted: Thu Jun 28, 2012 11:32 pm
by Oldrac the Chitinous
Yes, let's all take naming advice from a guy called "aah".

Re: [2012 June 28] While Loop

Posted: Fri Jun 29, 2012 12:40 am
by Salacious Schoolmate
I like ahh I respect ahh, ahh is a good name to have. Well done ahh, you chose a very good name, a memorable name.


Don't criticise ahh, that's nice, it's a basic sound, it's concise. I read somewhere a guy urging people not to simplify the words they use because you simplify your thoughts. However, simplifying your thoughts isn't bad, as long as you don't lose anything from it. Simple is good. And that's why I applaud ahh.

Re: [2012 June 28] While Loop

Posted: Fri Jun 29, 2012 1:57 am
by GUTCHUCKER
Don't ask me either.

Re: [2012 June 28] While Loop

Posted: Fri Jun 29, 2012 2:09 am
by Edminster
Salacious Schoolmate wrote:I like ahh I respect ahh, ahh is a good name to have. Well done ahh, you chose a very good name, a memorable name.


Don't criticise ahh, that's nice, it's a basic sound, it's concise. I read somewhere a guy urging people not to simplify the words they use because you simplify your thoughts. However, simplifying your thoughts isn't bad, as long as you don't lose anything from it. Simple is good. And that's why I applaud ahh.
he doesn't have any beef with ahh

it's aah who is the object of ire

Re: [2012 June 28] While Loop

Posted: Fri Jun 29, 2012 2:29 am
by Xeno man
As sudo code, it is perfectly acceptable. The syntax of your preferred language is irrelevant. But really, you need to give Zach some creative freedom to simplify programming to something that the common man would be able to understand. The output however is incorrect as there is one AAAAAAH! missing. The question is, did Zach not notice the small error, or did Zach do it on purpose just to screw with the readers that would check?

Re: [2012 June 28] While Loop

Posted: Fri Jun 29, 2012 3:32 am
by sotic
Xeno man wrote:sudo code
Hah! That means something totally different from psuedocode.

Re: [2012 June 28] While Loop

Posted: Fri Jun 29, 2012 11:34 am
by Salacious Schoolmate
Xeno man wrote:The question is, did Zach not notice the small error, or did Zach do it on purpose just to screw with the readers that would check?
OH GOD IF ONLY THESE TWO POSSIBILITIES WEREN'T EQUALLY LIKELY

Re: [2012 June 28] While Loop

Posted: Fri Jun 29, 2012 3:40 pm
by Jewlian
The real joke is in the votey. What is this? XKCD?

Re: [2012 June 28] While Loop

Posted: Fri Jun 29, 2012 4:51 pm
by Salacious Schoolmate
Edminster wrote:
Salacious Schoolmate wrote:I like ahh I respect ahh, ahh is a good name to have. Well done ahh, you chose a very good name, a memorable name.


Don't criticise ahh, that's nice, it's a basic sound, it's concise. I read somewhere a guy urging people not to simplify the words they use because you simplify your thoughts. However, simplifying your thoughts isn't bad, as long as you don't lose anything from it. Simple is good. And that's why I applaud ahh.
he doesn't have any beef with ahh

it's aah who is the object of ire
huh what

but I said ahh. That's what I said.

Re: [2012 June 28] While Loop

Posted: Fri Jun 29, 2012 7:19 pm
by Willa
sotic wrote:
Willa wrote:Also, the loneliness/AHHHHH!!! code in the 2nd panel makes no sense whatsoever.
It's valid Python, except for a missing colon after the while clause.
Yeah, but why would you be saying "AHHHH!!!" while you had a low loneliness level?

Re: [2012 June 28] While Loop

Posted: Fri Jun 29, 2012 8:06 pm
by sotic
Willa wrote:
sotic wrote:
Willa wrote:Also, the loneliness/AHHHHH!!! code in the 2nd panel makes no sense whatsoever.
It's valid Python, except for a missing colon after the while clause.
Yeah, but why would you be saying "AHHHH!!!" while you had a low loneliness level?
Any nonzero value is true in Python. Anything but false or nil is true in Ruby, which the code is also almost valid in (missing do ... end).