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submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by akash_rawal@lemmy.world to c/programming_horror@programming.dev

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[–] o11c@programming.dev 1 point 2 years ago

The problem is that what everybody really wants is parameterization, not concatenation. But most solutions therefor are flaky even if they exist.

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lemmy:	0.19.20
mlmym (mschae):	26.3.4