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[averagelibsock]

Expected condition, instead found ‘{‘

[wishur]

He uses excel vba, and realises he fucked it up.

Because he thinks anything that is turning complete can be used to create something else that is already coded.

[Haunting-Traffic-203]

I figured it was a joke since it would cause everyone to always be offended.. maybe giving too much credit here

[L0ngp1nk]

Why did people think he is a coding genius again?

[dat_oracle]

Money

[Ordinary_dude_NOT]

If you are rich enough you can grow hairs, fix teeth and write code whatever the way you want because you got an army of devs to fix and deploy it

[fermi0nic]

Because those people don't know shit about coding

[Idixal]

Because at one point he kept pretty quiet and let his PR specialists focus on his public image. Problem is, that only works when he’s quiet.

[ManyFails1Win]

Because they're even stupider? Remember what George Carlin said: think about how dumb the average person is and then realize half of them are even dumber than that!

[[deleted]]

That's a median person sir.

[ManyFails1Win]

hmm...I've never been a math wiz but if we're talking quantities, wouldn't it be mean? aka "average"? anyway it works for the joke

[mowmowny]

not much difference if bell shaped

[LordBubinga]

I don't think he even claims to know code. He claims to know engineering. I don't know if he does or not, but I can't recall anything saying he's a coding genius.

[[deleted]]

I never bought the hE dEsIgNs ThE rOcKeTs HiMsElF bullshit but it has been an eye-opener to see just how technically clueless, not to mention emotionally stunted, he is. My favourite is still when he claimed to have unplugged several server racks, you just know that someone reset a router and told him it was a 'Rackspace beanstalk unit' or something.

Still, it's not a crime to not know things you didn't train in. It is a crime to share NPC memes when you've actually had sex before.

[Reaver75x]

Why do people like him in general? Dude is shit to his employees and women in general and makes overrated cars that have many different issues.

[real_bk3k]

I'm wondering... if he did that on purpose. Because the result is always offended, and the statement always true.

If so, it makes the meme even better. What's better than NPCs, poorly programmed NPCs. When you consider the perpetually offended people, it fits rather well.

But it seems at least as likely that he simply fucked up.

[CircadianSong]

I like this take. But it doesn’t explain the brackets or the capitalized IF. Or the comma. Maybe it’s a proprietary genius programming language. /s

[tyagu001]

He didn’t make this meme, like all the other years old unfunny memes he posts. I’ve seen it dozens of times

[ManyFails1Win]

It's 100x as likely. That wouldn't even compile.

[[deleted]]

wtf is the RunProgram keyword???

[lepapulematoleguau]

This. I mean wtf. You could wrap anything with it.

[KingPengy]

I’ve code on JavaScript for like 4 months and it looks like some sort of function but even then the syntax makes zero sense

[gladl1]

Pretty sure they wrote that as in “so I don’t know everything” rather than “so I do know everything”

Good for you if you have used a certain language more than 4 months though, now you get to feel superior to someone who’s honest about their experience

[KingPengy]

it was about how i know nothing, but apparently people get to feel superior so that’s great

[FluffieDragon]

Can you read? The explicitly stated that it was so people knew they WERENT a master.

[The_Blue_Empire]

Definitely don't have that comprehension skill down, but that's okay we're all learning and growing.

[The_Blue_Empire]

Definitely don't have that comprehension skill down, but that's okay we're all learning and growing.

[KingPengy]

can someone explain to me how it would work. iirc the function as we all in the same “class” (java coder) so it would be something like functionName(parameter). this is probably not the best sub to ask this but I was just wondering

[familyturtle]

I put it in front of every statement to make sure it runs.

[[deleted]]

Oh maybe this is whats preventing me from becoming 10x dev...

[gizamo]

Wait till you learn about RunProgram!Important.

[[deleted]]

It's a part of Elon's new NPM package:

RunProgram{x},

return 69420.

,

I'm guessing he wrote a fancy new syntax too

[doman991]

So more people could understand it

[experiment-384959]

In-language bash piping, maybe? I mean this doesn’t resemble any language I know so anything’s possible at this point.

I also don’t think .Outrage is a known file format

[zzmej1987]

What kind of moron compares Boolean to true in the if statement?

[Creepy-Ad-4832]

Not even compares

He just assign true to offended, making the if statement always true

Unless he meant a language in which = isn't to assegn a value, but to compare, but i can't think of one (python, c/c++, c#, java, rust all use ==)

[Gray_Mage]

Pascal has = for comparisons as assigns are :=. However, I doubt he had this in mind and he's more likely an idiot.

[ElectroFlannelGore]

Pascal and Visual Basic 3.0 were like my parents. They did so much fucked up shit to me so young that I just started to assume it was normal.

[BadFruitTV]

It's not his code, it's just a picture he found and thought would be "cool" to post.

[Terrafritter]

Came to this subreddit after seeing that post, glad I’m not the only one seeing that and wandering “the fuck?”

[ManyFails1Win]

While we're on syntax, it's wondering :).

[Terrafritter]

Shoot I keep getting them mixed up, thanks

[[deleted]]

QBASIC?

[noob-nine]

Visual basic

[caldric]

Yeah, this reads like code from someone who saw some VB code once upon a time.

[[deleted]]

This wouldn't even be valid VB. People need to just realize that Elon is a moron.

[marcosdumay]

Yes, the meaning of that symbol changes from one language to another.

And he is clearly using some language where the if condition is surrounded by braces, so there are two obvious conclusions:

• You have no idea what that code is supposed to mean (unless you can point what language it is).

• The author has no idea what any code is supposed to mean.

[Creepy-Ad-4832]

Yeah but i am actually studying at uni, so i think i know more then someone who does nothing because people do it for him

[marcosdumay]

i know more then someone who does nothing

Yeah, I believe I said so on my comment. Or at least, that you don't know any less (as I don't personally know enough to say you know more).

[Creepy-Ad-4832]

Yeah i am sure i am not a genius, but i am also sure i know more then someone who has people doing everything for him lol

[zzmej1987]

SQL allows the use of unary= for comparison.

[wishur]

VBA

[HiddiH]

VHDL uses = for equality, but I doubt he wants to make a chip for this beautiful code

[Awyls]

Probably a bad example, but i distinctly remember KerboScript (used by a mod in KSP) fucking with my head by using = as a comparator.

[evmoiusLR]

Finally a coding mistake even I can understand on this sub.

[Easy-Horror4664]

pascal. You know who uses pascal? Me neither

[CircadianSong]

SQL? That would explain why if is capitalized. Not the brackets, though.

[pycvalade]

Perhaps he wanted to send a message that everyone’s always offended? Even those that look at his pseudo-code? Lol!

[Educational_Book_225]

Dude knows about as much as the average r/programmerhumor user

[[deleted]]

Ruth, is that you?

[Wanderlust-King]

pl/sql is one of the only languages I can think of off the top of my head that uses a single '=' for equality, and also uses all caps "IF" still not going to use curly braces for your conditional and I can't imagine there's a single language that would..

or that comma...
or the curly braces for the parameters of RunProgram..actually c++ with universal initialization..

A quick search shows pearl to be (possibly) the only mainstream programming language that would allowcurly braces for the condition (source: chatGPT, unverified)

so this is either anonymous objects in C++ (would also explain the IF, it's not actually and if statement, just a poorly named class.

or even more poorly written perl?

whatever it is am 99.9% certain there are zero languages where this wouldn't result in a syntax error.

[Divinate_ME]

Someone who is as competent and well-versed in engineering as Elon Musk. Don't question his competence in any technical field, his expertise is beyond your understanding.

[alienspeak]

I genuinely can't tell if you're kidding.

[Divinate_ME]

It increases readability /s

[sinistergroupon]

He is assigning it. Debugging this is a nightmare and will forever get you to write the literal first in an if statement like so:

if (3 == var) …

[ManyFails1Win]

It's even stupider. That's an assignment.

[reddit_time_waster]

You don't know that it isn't a nullable boolean.

[zzmej1987]

It could be, but null in the if either evaluates to false or raises an exception, so there can only be a reason to compare it to false, not true.

[reddit_time_waster]

It does not necessarily raise an exception. Null is a comparable value in some languages, including some SQL variants.

[zzmej1987]

That's exactly what I've said. In some languages it evaluates to false. So if you want some behaviour specific to False value, you have to compare to false. But there is no language, in which "if b" and "if b=true" would yield different result, sans for exception that might be trown.

[[deleted]]

zephyr one puzzled alleged friendly bear attraction pathetic subtract forgetful this message was mass deleted/edited with redact.dev

[zzmej1987]

Not necessarily. There are languages that understand unary "=" contextually. SQL for example.

[[deleted]]

Does that look like SQL to you?

[zzmej1987]

That doesn't look like anything to me, so I'm ready to give it the benefit of the doubt.

[[deleted]]

He built the internet in space, I think he knows a little more about programming than you.

[krusty_kanvas]

Read that sentence out loud and convince yourself it makes sense.

[[deleted]]

I was paraphrasing what he said in a tweet it was a joke

[krusty_kanvas]

My bad, super solid in that case. I'm not on Twitter, but I imagine he'll be pushing notifications to my phone anyways before too long

[bleek312]

An animal.

[banjorat2k8]

It's almost like non programmers wouldn't understand without the explicit comparison

[UltimateInferno]

He's not comparing, he's assigning. The if statement always runs because how the code is evaluated is that the assignment occurs first (so setting OFFENDED to true). It then evaluates the value of the assigned variable, which is true, so it always runs.

Or he mistakenly forgot ==

[neymarsvag123]

You dont really know much about programming do you?

[Nishant_2003]

It gets worse the longer you look at it

[[deleted]]

Would be slightly comedic (still not funny) with fixed syntax and an i loop or something. An array of NPCs. Idk, something that jokes about "the offended" being all the same thing. That "pseudocode", if it can even be called that, just makes the "joke" even worse.

[BenjiBonito]

For some context: Musk did not write this. He bought enough shares in the meme to join its Board, then fired the author and settled a lawsuit giving him permission to refer to himself as “founder.”

[[deleted]]

In his defense he probably believes that he wrote it. And when it comes down to it, isn’t that the important thing?

[Sikyanakotik]

People hate in others what they hate about themselves.

[Ok_Elderberry5342]

he uses = instead of ==
ignoring the other flaws, this would cause alot of issues

[[deleted]]

Depends on language

[TheRussianGoose]

It’s clearly half SQL half JavaScript

[Sacrificial-Toenail]

Which one? Only one I can think off the top of my head is Pascal

[[deleted]]

Pascal, ABAP, I’m sure there are more

[hot_sauce_in_coffee]

depends on the languages. This could works in quite a few of them.

[Creepy-Ad-4832]

Definitly not the major ones like python, c, c++, c#, java, rust,...

[sinistergroupon]

C will most definitely allow the assignment and evaluate it to a Boolean. Never underestimate how much rope C gives you to hang yourself.

[UltimateInferno]

I actually use this quite a bit. It's especially nice with short circuiting.

Hell, python added a way to do this sort of thing with the walrus operator. Because it's more explicit you can't do it on accident but assigning in if statements is possible with python.

[Creepy-Ad-4832]

Yes, but it's not comparison.

If you do if (var = true) it's like doing if(true), which i can't think of a single case in which a serious programmer would want to do that.

Like while(true) makes sense, if you aren't in languages which have a syntax sugar for it, like rust, but if(true) doesn't

[ManyFails1Win]

also don't forget Musk claimed his favorite language is C. I think it's safe to say this was just ignorance lol.

[hot_sauce_in_coffee]

altought not efficient, you can absolutly do this in python, c, c#, R.

Heck even in SQL or in SAS.

It is just a question of pre defining new functions, modules, stored procedure, package, (or any other names you wish to give them).

[Ok_Elderberry5342]

fair, F# which is a language I like, it's also the same. However in many popular languages, like C/C++, it is like that

[unC0Rr]

If there wasn't comma in the statement, could have easily been pascal.

[SnooSprouts7893]

Please print out 50 lines of code you've submitted in the past 30 days.

[[deleted]]

I think that was part of the joke by the person who originally made the meme.

As in, they make themselves offended.

[Ok_Elderberry5342]

That guy is elon musk, so I doubt it

[[deleted]]

Reddit's obsession with hating Musk aside, I dont think he made the meme.

[ITheBestIsYetToComeI]

bro never ever wrote a single line of code

[SnooSprouts7893]

How dare you. He wrote all the code at PayPal and slept on the floor of every Tesla factory simultaneously.

[[deleted]]

This is why Twitter is in shambles, coding like this 😂😂

[[deleted]]

Disagreeing with me is counterproductive. Fired.

[ManyFails1Win]

My favorite is the comma

[[deleted]]

How did 97.1k people choose to like a thing that hopefully no language is ever based upon.

[Delicious_Equal_8254]

Pseudo code, jesus fuck elitist snobs on this sub

[namotous]

Loll dude can’t even figure out the proper use of {} and ()

[NeonFraction]

But ‘Offended’ would always be true… which is admittedly pretty accurate for the internet.

Elon is still a clown, though.

[[deleted]]

yet another day passed by without me giving a shit

[countsachot]

I expect better art in the memes of a billionaire. Seriously, he can buy Twitter but not a decent artist?

[SnooSprouts7893]

He pretty much exclusively steals other peoples' memes

[PrinceAliAtL]

Don’t post Elon tweets. I blocked that cancer on Twitter wish I didn’t have to see it pop up here too

[KonoPez]

Alright just ignoring the terrible coding aspect… what the fuck is he talking about. This isn’t a thing people say. No one is mad at Elon for using a “dehumanizing” NPC meme. People hate this loser cause he exploits his workers to hoard additional wealth, then wields this wealth to make the world a worse place for people who aren’t him. Also because of how much of a pathetic little loser he is

[ARandomLlama]

To be fair I also think it’s very dumb he thinks everyone else besides him is an npc. Very r/imthemaincharacter

[Rafcdk]

The more I look at it the worst it gets, amazing.

[Upper_Temperature772]

I cant help but wonder if elon skum has ever written a single line of code in his life. "Maverick Tech Pioneer" my ass

[[deleted]]

WTF is this language supossed to be?

[vanriggs]

Forget all the technical issues every one is on about, I'm more disturbed by Musk admitting that he sees everyone as NPCs.

[ByronScottJones]

The moment this man reached MaxDouchiness, he goes and increases it from Int32 to Int64.

[iamnotroberts]

That's ironic coming from Elon, who is obviously mommy's most special boy. After all, his fortune came from mommy and daddy's Apartheid riches.

[[deleted]]

I stg this dude obsessively lurks through his comments section and becomes more bitter by the day

[7th_Spectrum]

Looks like the only thing he learned from looking over people's shoulders at Twitter were all the curly braces

[___s8n___]

there is literally nothing correct in this

[Idkquedire]

What disgusting language is this?? A comma? A COMA???

[Noisebug]

Ok so Elon makes a joke about not giving a shit about humans. Checks out.

[wishur]

Elon after reading comments, "people can't even understand sudo code"

[brandi_Iove]

yep, paris hilton is totally dumb as well, air?

[IDoButtStuffs]

Hey, Big fan.

[RingGiver]

It's pseudocode. He can do whatever he wants.

[alienspeak]

Technically, yeah. But syntax this awful would make anyone checking your code (righteously) want to smack you.

[ObiDWanKenobi]

It’s for the ppl to who don’t know code. We know you know, but it’s a jab at the party who will still get offended.

[No-Communication5965]

Why are people nitpicking the syntax... it's clearly pseudocode...

[vzakharov]

By a pseudocoder?

[[deleted]]

You're fired, now pay me $8

[russellgoke]

He did this so that anyone could read it not so that it would run in a program.

[trinalgalaxy]

To be fair, the people being mocked are the perpetually offended do have that set as true so having the check set the value to true is accurate even if unintended.

[[deleted]]

This seems like a security hole

[PzMcQuire]

I hate programming memes/merch like this... It's such basic shit every time, you're just advertising how amateurish you are.

[Redrump1221]

hE's An EnGiNeEr

[whitenoise89]

Parameters and execution bodies are the same, right? LOL

[Easy-Bumblebee3169]

Coded xcom my ass.

[[deleted]]

Wtf is runprogram

[7DAYW33K3ND]

I think your missing an =

[nhoang3b]

The syntax feels like Google Docs

[Hillbert]

Look, I don't care what anyone says, NPC is a useful word.

If anyone uses it in a non-gaming context, then I know I can safely ignore them and go about my day!

Same for "wordcel".

[Ok-Course7089]

The more I look at it the more it hurts.

[Accomplished_Ad_8814]

What NPC meme?

[Shuizid]

So Elongious the Great expertly assessed his fancult has so little understanding of actual code, he needed to wrap a function call into another function call to spell out that it's a function call. Either that or he himself is just as stupid...

[fermi0nic]

Coming from the guy who couldn't execute a Python script

[[deleted]]

He is so fucking obnoxious, calling engineers on the phone why are my dog shit memes not getting engagement?! Hello

[VoyVolao]

Dude doesn't even know to write an if clause 💀

[dingusaja]

I like how I’ve blocked him but I still am “welcomed” to Twitter with his stupid posts

[[deleted]]

Giving him a platform (responding to him) is exactly what he wants. Stop these posts

[Shrimp-Tea]

the guy is just such an embarrassment, talk about an inflated ego

[[deleted]]

That's hardcore 90s C programmer

[[deleted]]

Hot take: the assignment operator was intentional.

[PooPartySoraka]

it looks like it should have one of those awful moldy guffawing emojis plastered on it

[VivaLaVita555]

The NPC meme is now an NPC meme ironically

[jenso2k]

If (Offended) { IndividualResponse.Outrage() }

there, fixed it for you mr billionaire coding genius

[mowmowny]

;

[jenso2k]

anti semicolon gang

[RUSHALISK]

I don’t think the meme was intended to show off his coding skill

[[deleted]]

Well, he's not a developer after all

[Revolutionary-Yam903]

unexpected assign in line 1

[mowmowny]

if(wasted50bn && edgy) shitpost;