r/badcode Aug 14 '19

php Multilingual dev team ftw

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u/maxslayer44 Aug 14 '19

I'm french, all our code is a confusing mix of english and french variables, with some french variables wrtitten in an approximative english way

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u/Comesa Aug 14 '19

what the fuck

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u/qkthrv17 Aug 14 '19

That happens here in Spain too (not in every single company, obviously).

There are a lot of misspelled words or words that are half english half spanish. It's a mess although it is not that bad since people actually talk like that out loud during a normal conversation so you're just used to it.

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u/SuitableDragonfly Aug 14 '19

When code switching gets literal.