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    [–] oleorun@real.lemmy.fan 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

    Reminds me of a comment I once came across in a work application's code: "This function took forever to write correctly. It was hard work. I didn't document it. Figure it out."

    Of course the variables were not defined properly and were named esoterically.

    [–] BleatingZombie@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

    the variables were not defined properly and were named esoterically

    I wonder why it was so hard and took so long to write

    [–] clearleaf@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

    I don't understand how devs can be too lazy to write documentation but somehow they'd rather explain the same shit in discord over and over and over and over and over and over

    [–] RoyaltyInTraining@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

    The help command is one of the first things I work on in any project. Even if I'm never gonna share it, my future self will appreciate it.

    [–] Rooty@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

    Why is discord so popular in non-gaming circles? People use it as a shitty, bloated and centralized IRC clone, with the voice fuction being completely ignored.

    [–] Perroboc@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (2 children) 
    $ mysterytool
$

    WHAT DID YOU DO?!

    [–] RoyaltyInTraining@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

    Knowing my luck, It probably deleted a rarely used system library and will lead to unpredictable crashes.

    [–] hperrin@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago 
    $ mysterytool -vv
DEBUG: Complete.
$
    [–] qupada@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

    But also

    mysterytool --help
    mysterytool: unrecognized option: '-'

    ok then...

    mysterytool -h
    mysterytool: unrecognized option: 'h'

    [–] NegativeLookBehind@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago (1 children) 
    mysterytool --help

   β€˜--help’ unrecognized option, -h for help

    I will burn this motherfucker to the ground

    [–] Melody@lemmy.one 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

    Or the opposite:

    mysterytool -h

     -h unrecognized option, --help for help

    Both need to burn.

    [–] Rooty@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

    If the program's author hasn't bothered to properly document its function, then it has no business being on my machine.

    [–] AnIntenseMoist@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

    "tHe PrOgRaM iS sElF dOcUmEnTiNg"

    [–] TheHighRoad@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

    I just want to say this is a masterful use of the format.

    [–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

    Embedded *nix be like

    [–] lemming741@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

    Cries in busybox

    [–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

    That, at least, had an excuse to be terse. If you use busybox, you probably have a real machine with the ability to browse the online documentation, anyway.

    [–] Inductor@feddit.de 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

    I'd try mysterytool -H

    [–] BeardedGingerWonder@feddit.uk 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

    -H for Hard drive to delete, -h is help

    [–] hperrin@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

    -h is halt.