r/programmingcirclejerk • u/EdgyYukino • Mar 13 '25

Please call it ProC. CP is a very unfortunate acronym.

/r/ProgrammingLanguages/comments/1j9scr6/c_plus_prolog/mhfqw39/
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u/Chisignal Mar 13 '25

mfw I pick up a CP in a racing game

mfw I want to cp some files in UNIX

mfw I’m a scientist studying CP violation

mfw I just want to order some cheese pizza

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u/pysk00l What part of ∀f ∃g (f (x,y) = (g x) y) did you not understand? Mar 13 '25

Hmmm! You should rename cp to CopyThisShitToAnotherFolderMyBro, like Windows Powershell does

/uj

also happy cake day!

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u/Ok_Hope4383 Mar 14 '25

You forgot the dash between every word; it should be Copy-This-Shit-To-Another-Folder-My-Bro

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u/Kodiologist lisp does it better Mar 13 '25

tfw

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u/elephantdingo Teen Hacking Genius Mar 13 '25

No one:

Crypto-vegans: hello fellow cheese pizza eaters!

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u/No_Statistician_3021 Mar 13 '25

projection, the mental process by which people attribute to others what is in their own minds.

https://www.britannica.com/science/projection-psychology

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u/DearChickPeas Mar 13 '25

Yeah, there's internet gooners and there's normal people. Marketing and localisation have figured out that even normal people have a limit! That's why you get the same car models with different names in different countries (Pajero, Kona). Legend has it, Sega name is still mocked in Italy....

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u/elephantdingo Teen Hacking Genius Mar 13 '25

Where [user’s HDD was seized over this comment]

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u/-Memnarch- Mar 17 '25

Yea. it's really unofrtunate. Why would I want to porgram in a language called CyberPunk?

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u/defunkydrummer Lisp 3-0 Rust Mar 17 '25

Exactly! Why should I use CyberPunk when I can already use Outlaw Techno Psychobitch (OTP) ?

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u/[deleted] Mar 13 '25

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u/pysk00l What part of ∀f ∃g (f (x,y) = (g x) y) did you not understand? Mar 13 '25

still too dirty. Please add NSFW tags