TIL about the greek question mark

Tell me, can you tell the difference between these two characters?

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  • SomewhatOffBeat@ttrpg.network
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    1 year ago

    Like r/programmerhumor, this community is already full of people who literally never programmed anything more than Hello World before.

    • TimTamFlimFlam@discuss.tchncs.de
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      1 year ago

      And just like Reddit you’re complaining about it for absolutely no reason. How about we try to be a bit more welcoming and a bit less gatekeepery.

    • funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works
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      1 year ago

      programming hello world is doing better than most people and I applaud and welcome beginners.

      I am little more than an amateur myself, entirely self taught, and yet I’m forever digging into various bits of code for my marketing job, because paying someone $400 to fix a recalcitrant css style in a week and a half is worse than just doing it myself.

    • ArmokGoB@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      1 year ago

      Who the hell tries putting Greek question marks in their code? Like, I get most compilers will show you what character each error starts at, but still.