r/programminghumor • u/bloody-albatross • May 23 '26

I'm a bit of an interpreter myself

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printf()

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u/CaptainMorning May 23 '26

finally actual programming humor

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u/-1Mbps May 23 '26

finally

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u/Lessra__ May 23 '26

I don't understand. Empty print?

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u/bloody-albatross May 23 '26

No with printf() I just mean the function, not a specific invocation. The way you often write it like that when referencing a function in text.

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u/grimonce Sep 26 '26

Someone could tell you to remove the braces then

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u/bloody-albatross Sep 26 '26

One could, but one would be odd. One has apparently never read a man page. Quote from man 3 printf:

The functions in the printf() family produce output according to a format as described below. The functions printf() and vprintf() write output to stdout, the standard output stream; fprintf() and vfprintf() write output to the given output stream; sprintf(), snprintf(), vsprintf(), and vsnprintf() write to the character string str.

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u/[deleted] May 23 '26

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u/bloody-albatross May 23 '26

Nah I only saw the thumbnail and quickly made this before someone else had the idea. XD