In example code, yes, but in this meme specifically which is all about function call syntax, it ruins the point. E.g. every line in the C++ snippet includes parentheses.

Good meme, but I’m really not sure why you wrapped everything in asserts which kind of ruins the aesthetics. IMO would have worked better as e.g.:

x = sum(1, 2, 3); // x = 6

I hate it. Upvoted.

Well, I’m not not gnostic. Or aagnostic, if you will.

His last name is literally “fart” already, I don’t think you can trump that.

Honestly I got a lot more of that from IdiotsInCars on reddit

Original: https://what-if.xkcd.com/15/

Awesome :D

For anyone confused about the guard’s facial expression, it’s because this is the original: https://www.peppercarrot.com/en/miniFantasyTheater/014.html

To be fair, it’s quite a biggie.

It effectively runs:

books(); gardening(); family()
books(); gardening(); family()
books(); gardening(); family()
books(); gardening(); family()
books(); gardening(); family()
books(); gardening(); family()
...

it runs those 3 functions 88 times, there’s no hint as to what they do.

It’s in the works!

https://www.davidrevoy.com/article1180/monthly-production-report-for-september-2026#pepper-carrot-episode

Slowly but surely: even if the month was really busy, I could commit time to do progress on episode 40. Maybe even more than in August. I did some work on the concept art (Pepper’s new outfit) and some pages went from just layout to fully penciled.

The layout of page 9 and 10 is still very only speechbubbles and doodles. I hope I’ll finish the penciling and start some inking in October.

I recently binged the whole series :)

Also Pepper & Carrot, which is fantastic on another level!

I think this is a callback to 28. The Correct Incantation:

Edit: And, of course, it’s a follow-up to last week’s 74. Drawing The Line:

I really can’t figure out what Zach intended for this to mean. Year is defined but never used: you’d expect something like books(year) instead of just books(). I have absolutely no idea what the function calls are supposed to represent.

According to legend, some people have what’s called “deferred gratification”, by which they drive pleasure out of knowing that they will get to eat the cake later.

I don’t get it either. I think it’s a myth.

That’s very good.

Quit horsing around. You’re really putting the cart before the horse.

Edit: sorry, gotta go. I need to see a man about a horse.

Ain’t no two ways about it

Britta will explain: https://youtu.be/KuuafUtVte0

Let’s say someone asks “did you check the thing?”

In Hebrew, you can reply: “לא, אבדוק” meaning “no, I’ll check”.

But if you drop the comma, it comes out as “לא אבדוק” meaning “I won’t check”.

The negation of the verb is done by adding לא (“no”, or “not”) before the verb.