Gollum@feddit.org to Programmer Humor@programming.dev · 5 days agoThe only way one should code C btw.feddit.orgimagemessage-square35linkfedilinkarrow-up1395
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minus-squared_k_bo@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up3·4 days ago*zurück Do C compilers support non-ascii characters?
minus-squareAppoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 days agoDo as most non-DACH countries do: Just use the regular letter instead of the Umlaut. Example: Über-Mensch -> Uber-Mensch
minus-squared_k_bo@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up5·4 days ago Just use the regular letter instead of the Umlaut But that’s just wrong. ü has a different meaning and pronunciation than u. If umlauts aren’t available, the correct way to write umlauts is with an additional e: zurueck. Über-Mensch -> Uber-Mensch Please be aware that this term can be problematic, since it can be seen as a foundation for fascist ideas. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Übermensch#Use_by_the_Nazis
minus-squareAppoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 days agoDidnt have a better and fitting example
minus-squareluciferofastora@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 days agoIf you replace the ü in “Das Wetter ist schwül” (“the weather is humid”) with a u though, you get “the weather is gay”.
minus-squareAppoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 days agoNever said it’s a good substitute 🤷
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zurückDo C compilers support non-ascii characters?
Do as most non-DACH countries do: Just use the regular letter instead of the Umlaut.
Example:
Über-Mensch -> Uber-Mensch
But that’s just wrong.
ühas a different meaning and pronunciation thanu.If umlauts aren’t available, the correct way to write umlauts is with an additional
e:zurueck.Please be aware that this term can be problematic, since it can be seen as a foundation for fascist ideas. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Übermensch#Use_by_the_Nazis
Didnt have a better and fitting example
If you replace the ü in “Das Wetter ist schwül” (“the weather is humid”) with a u though, you get “the weather is gay”.
Never said it’s a good substitute 🤷