Assignment Statement Considered Harmful

Nemanja Trifunovic

After we figured out that goto is bad[^] and established that if statement is not much better[^], and of course for loops should be avoided at all cost[^] it is time for another logical step in that direction: ladies and gentlemen I give you Assignment Statement Considered Harmful[^].

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Ennis Ray Lynch Jr

I believe one of the early programming languages allowed literals to be overwritten in code with the assignment operator.

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AspDotNetDev

Nemanja Trifunovic wrote:

Assignment Statement Considered Harmful

So is salt, butter, oil, and dihydrogen monoxide (in large enough quantities). ;)

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Yusuf

Ok, next month's competition Write a piece of code with the following condition a. You can't use goto (very simple) b. You can't use if statement c. You can't use for loops d. You can't use assignment statements. Good luck :rolleyes:

Yusuf May I help you?

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this just in: functional language programmer thinks functional languages are better than imperative languages and tries to prove it by asserting that imperative languages programmers don't understand what they're doing; hilarity ensues.

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Programming is harmful, especially for some individuals. X| There are cases when I’m sorry that I’m using my real name here, so I can’t go into details.

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OriginalGriff

Too easy, you need to add: e. Make it do something useful.

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aspdotnetdev wrote:

and dihydrogen monoxide (in large enough quantities)

What do you mean? I've literally been swimming in it.

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El Corazon

aspdotnetdev wrote:

dihydrogen monoxide (in large enough quantities).

actually, my little brother died from excessive inhalation of dihydrogen monoxide... However, I don't call for it's ban because I am so addicted to it that I literally shower in it every morning.... I don't go a day without showering in the stuff....

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Deyan Georgiev wrote:

Programming is harmful

I don't see what how that is possible... it isn't like programs launch missiles or anything... err... oh... wait.....

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PL/I.

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Ennis Ray Lynch Jr

I just wonder where functional programmers store the result of your statement.

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AspDotNetDev

Mercury can be lethal in large quantities too, but not if those large quantities are on a planet you are not on. All depends on how you use it. It can be lethal in large quantites if inhaled or injected (or shot out of a dihydrogen monoxide gun that propels the substance at a sufficient velocity into your brain).

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aspdotnetdev wrote:

not if those large quantities are on a planet you are not on

Actually, that could be lethal too, if the gravity is sufficient to cause a sheer force that rips you apart.

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Brady Kelly

I've had four beers, but that makes sense. A literal is basically an anonymous object. The following is not allowed in C#, but I think it illustrates the concept of assigning to a literal quite nicely, and we all know how promiscuous older languages were compared to our beloved.

        var lit = new {Name = "Brady"};
        lit.Name = "Ennis";

Nish Nishant

Ennis Ray Lynch, Jr. wrote:

I just wonder where functional programmers store the result of your statement.

In a closure.

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Rajesh R Subramanian

Yusuf wrote:

Write a piece of code with the following condition a. You can't use goto (very simple) b. You can't use if statement c. You can't use for loops d. You can't use assignment statements.

//#include <iostream> //wait... we don't any of those!

int main()
{
return; //usage of return is NOT yet banned.
}

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