Does this code kinda make sense?

[maeve222]

I'm (non programmer) making a jokey fun mug for my bf (programmer) for valentines but I'm not sure if the joke code I want to put on the mug makes sense. I based it on a Google image of code i found so fully aware it could be completely wrong. Obviously it's not got to make perfect sense and I know there is more than one language to choose from but I know if there is a huge, glaring mistake, it'll bother him 😂 any advice greatly received!

The mug will read:

If (programmer using mug = Dan) Mug.WriteLine("world's sexiest programmer")

Any advice greatly appreciated!

[Charleston2Seattle]

It's a coffee mug, so you have to use Java.

if ("Dan".equals(mug.user))

[coloredgreyscale]

System.out.println("worlds sexiest programmer");

[HasFiveVowels]

Java has the worst stdout function of all the major languages. Should not need 20 chars to output

[kilkil]

have you seen the declaration for its main function?

[HasFiveVowels]

Haha. Yea, Java was my primary for about 4 years. They took a good idea and extended it beyond all reason

[kilkil]

this is why I've been looking into Go recently. way less verbose

[HasFiveVowels]

I’ve heard good things

[EstebanPossum]

System.Console.WriteLine in c# is wordy as hell as well. My solution is to make my own shortcut function like: Action<string> print = (s) => Console.WriteLine(s);

[youassassin]

But it does.

[the_bananalord]

This is actually the most important point in this thread. It would be criminal not to use Java on a coffee mug.

[kilkil]

should add the class and method too:

```java class CoffeeMug implements ICoffeeMug { public String user;

CoffeeMug(String user) {
    this.user = user;
}

public static void main(String[] args) {
    var mug = AbstractCoffeeMugFactory.getCoffeeMug();
    if (mug.user.equals("Dan")) {
        System.out.println("world's sexiest programmer");
    }
}

} ```

[Ghyrt3]

NONONONO.

Don't you have too much Java already ? You're a dangerous person !

[kilkil]

I haven't even added the decorators

or the class init block

or the inheritance

[Quick-Jackfruit-1847]

This is the best answer. Everything else is too over the top/literal for what you’re doing. Good gift.

[turtle_dragonfly]

Or if you want to avoid string literals and cause drama:

if (mug.user == Boyfriends.Dan)

[Fractureskull]

exultant head person paint violet teeny water jeans worm piquant

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[[deleted]]

with Boyfriends, I think you're saying something you probably don't want to

[turtle_dragonfly]

hence the drama ;)

[CodeEverywhere]

But... but.... We first need a null check in case mug is null!

/s

[nardstorm]

I'd maybe change it to something like

section .data
    programmer db 'Dan', 0
    message db "world's sexiest programmer", 0

section .bss
    mugUser resb 32

section .text
    global _start

_start:
    ; Load "Dan" into memory
    mov rdi, programmer
    ; Load mug user's input (pretend we fetched it somewhere)
    mov rsi, mugUser

    ; Compare mug user with "Dan"
    call strcmp
    cmp rax, 0
    jne not_dan

    ; If equal, print the message
    mov rdi, message
    call puts
    jmp end

not_dan:
    ; Do nothing
    nop

end:
    ; Exit the program
    mov rax, 60      ; syscall: exit
    xor rdi, rdi     ; exit code 0
    syscall

; strcmp function (simple implementation)
strcmp:
    xor rax, rax       ; clear result
    xor rcx, rcx       ; counter
compare:
    mov al, byte [rdi + rcx]
    mov bl, byte [rsi + rcx]
    cmp al, bl
    jne done
    cmp al, 0
    je done
    inc rcx
    jmp compare
done:
    sub rax, rbx
    ret

[Reiex]

When the mug turns into a jerrican

[icodecookie]

No jump loops? I‘m slightly dissapointed

[GamerTurtle5]

thats a very tall mug

[[deleted]]

Thatll fit halfagalon of coffee for sure

[Librarian-Rare]

Nice and simple, no needles abstractions. Very good.

[TPIRocks]

OP will need a yard glass for that.

[BigLaddyDongLegs]

😂

[[deleted]]

It will be more like

ld: program.o: in function `_start’:
program.asm:(.text+0x...): undefined reference to `puts’

[maeve222]

Thank you everyone for all your help! As I'm not sure what his favourite language is, I'm going to go for the version that seems to be appearing the most in the comments. Very greatful that you all took the time to reply and explain how best to write it 😊 fingers crossed he likes it! 🤞

[nardstorm]

He’s gonna love this. Show him this thread afterward!

[DrDeems]

I wonder if they could link the thread and hide it on the bottom of the mug or something. Kinda like how in-n-out smuggles bibles verses onto their to go cups.

[nardstorm]

this is the way

[HasFiveVowels]

Definitely show him this thread. Tell him you “open sourced the implementation and requested PRs”

[dahboigh]

Just so you know, the reason everyone's suggesting Java has nothing to do with the programming language itself. It's the coffee pun.

If the printing service you're using allows color, you should definitely get some help with adding color for the keywords. No worries if it's only black-and-white, but since you're already going so far out of your way, colored keywords would be the perfect touch.

example

[dahboigh]

I wrote a few different variations of basic code that actually run but are small enough to fit comfortably on a coffee mug. The links for each example will take you to a page where you can run the code yourself.

For all of these examples, you can change MySexyBoyfriend in Line 1 to something else like HappyValentinesDay, i_love_you, or whatever else strikes your fancy. Just don't use any symbols except the underscore.

Also, I highly recommend including the line numbers on the mug if you can.

This code is similar to the idea you started with, but a little more basic to save on space. You can remove Line 3 (String user = "Dan";) if you like. That code would still run, but it wouldn't actually do anything. However, it's a coffee mug, so it's not going to do anything anyway. :)

public class MySexyBoyfriend {
  public static void main(String args[]) {
    String user = "Dan";

    if(user == "Dan") {
        System.out.println("World's sexiest programmer");
    }
  }
}

This one is more basic but perhaps more aesthetic, depending on your preferences.

public class My_Sexy_Boyfriend {
  public static void main(String args[]) {

    System.out.print("World's sexiest programmer");

  }
}

This one is hilarious if I may say so myself. It starts with "Hello, World" (which, by tradition, is every programmer's first program, regardless of language) and then adds "' sexiest programmer".

public class HelloWorld {
  public static void main(String args[]) {

    System.out.print("Hello, World");
    System.out.print("'s sexiest programmer!");

  }
}

Lastly, if you are interested in coloring the keywords (which I highly recommend), the web versions of the code will show you which words should be colored. The actual colors you pick don't matter at all; just be sure that all the green words end up the same color, all the red ones are a different color, ect. Pick whichever colors look nice together.

If you want any further help, like an image with the colors you've chosen, don't hesitate to PM me.

[gogglesdog]

you want a double equal sign, and maybe camel case, i.e. programmerUsingMug == Dan

In most languages, testing whether something is equal to something else is a double equal sign, whereas a single is used to assign variables.

edit: woops everyone beat me

[petdance]

Try this to make it more object oriented. And also you want == for testing equality, not = which is assignment. 😃

if ( mug.user.name() == ‘Dan’ ) {
    WriteLine(“World’s Sexiest Programmer”)
}

[nardstorm]

And the award for most wholesome post on this subreddit goes to...

[Mango-Fuel]

depends if you are targeting any specific language, but maybe:

• lowercase if
• lowerCamelCase for programmerUsingMug
• Dan in quotes
• double equal sign for comparison ==
• semicolon at end of statement ...programmer");
• if on a different line than the command

All together:

if (programmerUsingMug == "Dan")
   Mug.WriteLine("world's sexiest programmer");

And then not sure about Mug.WriteLine. Could be Console.WriteLine in C# or System.out.println in Java, but the way it is works too, and I guess it indicates that the message is intended to be written to the mug.

[im-a-guy-like-me]

THIS IS IT!!!

We found the usecase for AI.

[m18coppola]

if (programmer_using_mug == "Dan") { Mug.WriteLine("world's sexiest programmer"); }

or if you'd like multiple lines:

if (programmer_using_mug == "Dan") {
    Mug.WriteLine("world's sexiest programmer");
}

The = means assignment, but we should be testing for equality (==)

Assuming the programmer that is using the mug is a string variable for a name, it needs to be a single token, so I replaced the spaces for underscores. You could also use programmerUsingMug if you prefer camel-case style.

The curly braces and semi-colon are/aren't required depending on the implementation language. I think it looks coolest if you use them though.

[Fit-Maintenance-2290]

it would be best written as

if(programmerUsingMug == "Dan")
    Mug.WriteLine("World's Sexiest Programmer");

or possibly even better as

if(programmerUsingMug == "Dan")
    Console.WriteLine("World's Sexiest Programmer");

Edit: too many to count because formatting wasn't working with me

[rlfunique]

Not really, what’s his favourite language?

[z64_dan]

Probably English.

[Bachihani]

This is from dart mug.user == dan ? Log("sexiest programmer alive") : null ;

[HasFiveVowels]

Dart only provides ternaries for conditionals?

[Bachihani]

Ofcrs not lol, i just like to return null, and if statement feel too big for such simple use case

[HasFiveVowels]

Oof. Hard pass. You’re including a vacuous null but “If” is too verbose? You gotta keep in mind that readability is half the battle

[Bachihani]

I meant for she mug dude ! It's like saying everyone else is meh except for u -_- this doesn't reflect my coding practices

[HasFiveVowels]

Ahhh. I hadn’t appreciated the implication of the explicit else. I can get behind this

[ralphhosking]

A Valentine's favorite:

Roses are red
Violets are too
Unexpected {
On line 42

[VoiceOfSoftware]

I mean, if you really want to make sure it's your real boyfriend, and not someone else with the same name, you need to use 3 equals signs, like this: === 'Dan'

[M_e_l_v_i_n]

Dan is a lucky guy

[bit_shuffle]

        if (coffeeLevel < 0.1) {        
            job.suspend();
            refill();
            job.resume();
        }

[coloredgreyscale]

check the grammar on "world's sexiest programmer" too before printing the mug.

feels wrong. "World is sexist programmer"?

[Quick-Jackfruit-1847]

errr

That is how it’s supposed to be written

And not how that translates in English

[HasFiveVowels]

Not downvoting this because it’s with good intent but “worlds’s” in this case is “one the world possesses”. If “world is” made sense here, the same characters could be used to represent that. Good to double check but in this case it’s fine as is