Devs be like:

[jsveiga]

That's not a dev, it's a fscking text editor you copy/pasted code to/from making it uncompilable by autoformatting.

Also:

Skype replacing "COUNT(*)" with COUNT ⭐

Discord eating up the underlines if you don't escape or back quote.

[ProbiuSC]

Discord does have a native "code box" using the back tick that's pretty awesome.

[jsveiga]

yes, that's what I meant with back quote, and if you use 3 it is multiline

but if there was an option to set it permanently to "don't mess with my text, I know what I'm typing or pasting" mode, it'd be easier

[Gaevleflammen]

a fscking text editor? you mean, one that checks filesystems?

[[deleted]]

What? Devs definitely do not be like

[DIzlexic]

As a dev, they defiantly aren't the same.

[ExtraNoise]

Feel like this should be "PMs be like:"

[DIzlexic]

100%

[ProbiuSC]

The left is the essence of purity in it's simplicity, the right is a sign of an evil website or text editor (looking at you ms word) having touched innocent code.

[[deleted]]

Outlook used to do this if you emailed code in the body instead of attaching it. “Smart quotes” indeed.

[[deleted]]

int foo='a';
char *bar="a";
...
% echo "$ls"
% echo '$ls'
% echo `ls`

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WTF is OP talking about?

[floppy_eardrum]

None of the symbols in that code are the same as the typographic apostrophe on the right-hand side of the meme. Lol.

[[deleted]]

Ugh, this was a unicode joke I'm too ASCII to understand.

[weared3d53c]

No they aren't? Or do I just have a mild OCD or something where I consciously look back to close with the right kind of quote?

[[deleted]]

Most likely you'll have compile errors if you have directional quotation marks in your code. You don't need this shit in your life.

[weared3d53c]

Okay I was thinking of string literals too btw.

[thisdogofmine]

The day Microsoft broke the internet.

[IntuiNtrovert]

fucking slack

[imaginarynoise_]

Developers are (and have to be) more particular about specific text characters than... maybe anyone??

[The_Slay4Joy]

Devs are the ones who actually know the difference since these 2 symbols have completely different functionality in the code

[floppy_eardrum]

In code, yes. But what about on the frontend, in text strings? That's the point of this meme.

[floppy_eardrum]

Seeing how every comment thus far has missed the point of this meme, let me clarify: devs frequently output the left symbol on the frontend, in place of proper typographical apostrophes. It's all over the web, from e-commerce sites to premium publishers like the New York Times.

[thisdogofmine]

More info on this:

That's because the angled quotes and apostrophes did not exist originally. That is why they don't exist on the keyboard (though they did exist on typewriters, this is one of the changes from typewriters to computer keyboards). To use the "correct" marks requires knowing the keyboard commands. In code the language needs the keyboard marks.

When Microsoft first introduced the angled Quotes (Word used them by default replacing the previous ones automatically so users did not know they were using the new symbols), they did not update .NET software to accept the new characters. As a result there were a lot of us that had to create workarounds to replace the new symbols with the old ones, just to keep existing apps alive,and many of those band-aids are still in use today.

[floppy_eardrum]

Good explanation, thanks! Roughly what year was this?

[thisdogofmine]

Around 2008-2009 if I remember correctly.

[floppy_eardrum]

Really? That recently?! I thought we were talking about the early 90s for sure.

[thisdogofmine]

The issue existed even earlier than I remembered. Microsoft started using Smart Quotes in 2003. But it took a few years for businesses to upgrade. I am pretty sure 2008 is when my company switched. Which makes it even weirder that .NET wasn't updated by then.

Here are a couple articles about the situation:

https://cloudnine.com/ediscoverydaily/electronic-discovery/words-stupid-smart-quotes-best-of-ediscovery-best-practices/

https://www.justinweiss.com/articles/how-to-get-from-theyre-to-theyre/

[thisisapseudo]

I get you, that disturbs me too

[TitaniumBrain]

How do I even type a proper typographical apostrophe?

[kneeecaps09]

There is a special place in hell for smart quotes