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The meaning of this (lemmy.ml)

submitted 5 days ago by bestelbus22@lemmy.world to c/programmerhumor@lemmy.ml

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[–] pennomi@lemmy.world 8 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (4 children)

In Python you can use 🍆 as a variable name.

Edit: oops, guess I was mistaken, you can use most Unicode but emojis are not valid.

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 9 points 5 days ago

Edit: oops, guess I was mistaken, you can use most Unicode but emojis are not valid.

That actually seems even more arbitrary. Like, do they just hate fun?

[–] embed_me@programming.dev 10 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Just going by the reputation, you probably can do this in JavaScript

[–] scott@lemmy.org 4 points 5 days ago

~ $ python
Python 3.12.10 (main, Apr  9 2025, 18:13:11) [Clang 18.0.3 (https://android.googlesource.com/toolchain/llvm-project d8003a456 on linux
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> ❗ = 'nah'
  File "<stdin>", line 1
    ❗ = 'nah'
    ^
SyntaxError: invalid character '❗' (U+2757)
>>>
~ $ node
Welcome to Node.js v23.11.1.
Type ".help" for more information.
> const 👍 = 'test'
const 👍 = 'test'
      ^

Uncaught SyntaxError: Invalid or unexpected token
>

[–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 5 points 5 days ago

you might be thinking of Rust.

[–] QuazarOmega@lemy.lol 4 points 5 days ago (1 children)

C supremacy

[–] mkwt@lemmy.world 4 points 5 days ago

The source character set is implementation defined.