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Pure Evil (lemmy.world)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/programmer_humor@programming.dev
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[–] 53 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Any remotely capable IDE will immediately show you what, and where, the problem is.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    That means that detection was added explicitly because this prank was done enough that it was worth it to add.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    The reason is in fact not only because of this exact symbol, but because people tried to change program’s behavior in a malicious way by replacing legitimate code with same looking symbols.

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