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Infallible Code (lemmy.ml)

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[–] [email protected] 90 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (5 children)

else print("number not supported");

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (4 children)

As we're posting examples I'll add how lovely it is in Elixir. Elixir def not putting the fun in programmer memes do. One reason I picked it because I can't be trusted to not be the meme.

def is_even?(n) do
  rem(n, 2) == 0
end

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (3 children)

I mean, it would be almost this exact thing in almost any language.

fn is_even(n: i64) -> bool {
    n % 2 == 0
}

even n = n `rem` 2 == 0

def is_even(n):
    return n % 2 == 0

etc

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Personal preference, but elixir just strikes a balance that doesn’t make me feel like I’m reading hieroglyphs so I’m actually happy to see it praised.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago

I would have preferred for the function to be called mod, since it's the modulo operation, which in math is represented with a percentage or "mod". Most programming languages use a percentage because of that, so do a lot of calculators.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

Yeah, I agree that Elixir is a fine language for some tasks. I personally find the readability somewhat average, but it's very maintainable (due to how it enables clear program structure), the error handling is great, and the lightweight process system is amazing.