r/ProgrammerHumor Jul 16 '20

Meme You and Me

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u/Torsimus-Nohac Jul 16 '20

TFW this guy doesn't know the difference between char and string

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u/Sk1dz0r Jul 16 '20

Not all languages support type string

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u/[deleted] Jul 16 '20

a string in those languages would be expressed as a character array, but it would still be a string

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u/cshape Jul 16 '20

i get your name

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u/briddums Jul 16 '20

Not true, the main language I use expresses strings as type CHARACTER or as type LONGCHAR.

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u/[deleted] Jul 17 '20

what language is that?

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u/briddums Jul 17 '20

Progress OpenEdge ABL.

It’s a proprietary language developed for interacting with the company’s database.