this post was submitted on 09 Feb 2024
864 points (97.6% liked)
Programmer Humor
19501 readers
1249 users here now
Welcome to Programmer Humor!
This is a place where you can post jokes, memes, humor, etc. related to programming!
For sharing awful code theres also Programming Horror.
Rules
- Keep content in english
- No advertisements
- Posts must be related to programming or programmer topics
founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
But rand() is a number between 0-1, so it will never be >10
Basically this is just #define True = False
You're correct in a lot of languages; Excel comes to mind. Just that's not how
int rand()works in C.Sorry, I don't why you're getting snark and even being accused of using the word "integer".
The C standard library function int rand(void) returns a pseudo random integer between 0 and RAND_MAX (which should be at least 2^15, depending on the actual implementation).
Depending on the distribution of the pseudo random numbers, it will be true for over > 99% of its applications.
Source: trust me bro, and C++ reference
Furthermore, there is no integer between 0 and 1, but I guess you mean a real number between 0 and 1.
I'm not sure what's worse. The engineer that thought this would work or the company that doesn't do code reviews.
Put it in a package they depend on - nobody reviews those
Pick a library you already use with many sub-dependencies. Make a new library with your evil code. Name it in line with the step 1 library. Oh hi there "Framework.Microsoft.Extensions.DB.Net.Compatibility" you couldn't possibly have anything bad going on in you, plus you sound really boring to review, I'm sure it's fine.