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   drmorr (drmorr@hachyderm.io)'s status on Friday, 19-Jul-2024 02:46:22 JST drmorr

   I think the thing I find most frustrating about programming languages is that there is no standard way to refer to the length of an array.

   Python, go: len(array)
   Java, JavaScript: array.length
   Rust: array.len()
   C++: array.size()
   C#: array.Length
   PHP: count($array)
   Perl: scalar(@array) (lmao)
   Swift: array.count
   Kotlin: array.size

   Like, seriously? Can't we agree on just this one thing???

   #programming #rustlang #golang #cplusplus #php #swift #kotlin #perl #java #javascript #python #csharp

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     Haelwenn /элвэн/ :triskell: (lanodan@queer.hacktivis.me)'s status on Friday, 19-Jul-2024 02:46:21 JST Haelwenn /элвэн/ :triskell:

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     @drmorr Why would it be a function though?
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     drmorr (drmorr@hachyderm.io)'s status on Friday, 19-Jul-2024 02:46:22 JST drmorr

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     I'm actually sort of shocked that nobody does array.length(). I was really expecting that to come up somewhere. I guess we all just _really_ hate typing those extra few characters.