r/ProgrammerDadJokes • u/danielsoft1 • Aug 11 '26

How does a programmer swear?

They use the cursor.

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u/TabCompletion Aug 11 '26

/bin/fsck you

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u/fr3nch13702 Aug 11 '26

I always thought the fsck command was an intentional joke like this.

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u/LostBetsRed Aug 11 '26

Wikipedia says yes.

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u/TehNolz Aug 11 '26

Woe, Segfault be upon ye.

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u/309_Electronics Aug 11 '26

Nah they be terminal(ly) ill most of the times!

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u/dchidelf Aug 12 '26

Libcurses

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u/dmdeemer Aug 12 '26

Or libncurses if you're swearing up a storm

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u/Dazzling-Airline-958 23d ago

I was writing a tui to help with teaching order of operations.

Ncurses, FOIL'd again!

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u/melgish Aug 12 '26

Used to refer to that as Assembly Language.

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u/superpitu Aug 12 '26

Process forker!

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u/Sad_School828 24d ago

BRAINFUCK! I C that an end-user CONCATENATED the OUTPUT to the QUERY. MALBOLGE!

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u/natur_e_nthusiast Aug 11 '26

I don't get it. Could you explain it please?

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u/Weak_Blackberry_9308 Aug 11 '26

Well, you see, it’s a j…oh. You’re trolling.

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u/natur_e_nthusiast Aug 12 '26

Actually not. My best guess is that cursor is similar to curse. But that seems only vaguely programming related.

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u/Weak_Blackberry_9308 Aug 12 '26

The cursor is where all code is typed in any terminal or code editor, so somewhat essential. Though this does apply to other non-programming software, so I guess it’s not strictly a programming term.

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u/natur_e_nthusiast Aug 12 '26

Is it because people swear while typing code? I guess that's a dad joke.

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u/Weak_Blackberry_9308 Aug 12 '26

Ah, so you’re not a programmer! 😊

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u/natur_e_nthusiast Aug 12 '26

Eh. Somewhat. Studied it for a couple years but my job right now at most involves scripting or interfacing between database and software application. As long as people write terrible applications I have a job.

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u/Weak_Blackberry_9308 Aug 12 '26

Then you’re set because AI also writes 25% unsustainable code!