Joel LeBlanc1d ago
luna, friend of eggbug
what are we doing here man
Mar 25 at 6:18pmWeb
Show threadluna, friend of eggbug1d ago
i'm gonna make a fork where typing license() tells you to set a particular environment variable and try again, at which point it needs another different environment variable, and so on for eight or so iterations until it tells you that it's run out of copies of the license, and you have to start the whole thing over and remember all of the environment variables you needed to set
Show threadluna, friend of eggbug1d ago
i'm not still bitter about the babelfish sequence in the h2g2 text adventure, honest
Show threadWill 💜1d ago
@luna haha I knew something seemed familiar about your hypothetical...
Show threadPozorvlak1d ago
@luna there was an Infocom game called Deadline which you were expected to play over and over, Groundhog Day stylee, so on your final run through you could be in the right place and time for all the crucial events to happen. I've never played it, but it sounds extremely frustrating.
Show threadjleedev1d ago
@luna
>>> license()
'Spoot! A copy of the license shoots out the right USB port and lands in the gutter.'
Show threadKevin Conner23h ago
@luna Troll ass game I swear
Show threadSnoopJ1d ago
@luna at least the new REPL has special cases for `exit` and `quit` now instead of playing this same old silly-repr game
Show threadgaytabase1d ago

@luna oh hey that reminds me of exit

>>> exit
Use exit() or Ctrl-D (i.e. EOF) to exit
Show threadSnoopJ1d ago

@dysfun they've changed this one as of 3.13, the new REPL just does what the user clearly wanted

not sure why `license` didn't get the same treatment, though

Show threadAdriano1d ago

@luna ahhh, python, the master of "I recognize what you asked me to do, I know everybody else does that, but do it this other way I want. Dance, you monkey, dance!"

adriano@adriano-home:~$ python3
Python 3.12.3 (main, Mar 3 2026, 12:15:18) [GCC 13.3.0] on linux
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> help
Type help() for interactive help [...]
>>> license
Type license() to see the full license text
>>> exit
Use exit() or Ctrl-D (i.e. EOF) to exit
>>>

Show threadBitHive 1d ago
> EOF
Please use EOF() or use Crtl-D
^D
Please use Ctrl-D()
Show threadcassie1d ago

@adriano I’m sure you’d be so much happier seeing

>>> exit
<function 'exit'>

Show threadAdriano1d ago

@porglezomp I love the language, but I can also laugh about it.

I work in perl, where the motto "There's more than one way to do it" means in practice "So you have to remember them all because people will use them however they want".

Show threadCassandra is only carbon now1d ago
@luna They could have so easily put that into the __str__ for `license`, goodness.
Show threadtetchy af1d ago
@luna fucking annoying everyone.
Show thread⟡₊⊹♡𝔏𝔲𝔰𝔥 𝔐𝔬𝔪𝔪𝔶♡⊹₊⟡1d ago
@luna i'd just shut the terminal down at that point
Show threadSolarbird 17h ago

@frankie @luna Honestly, yes. I mean... who the fuck has time for that shit. The startup message literally says to type license not license() and this is what you get? i'd be ready to throw down, by which I mean, throw the terminal down onto whoever wrote that.

(whoever implemented this behaviour: in compilers class i implemented arrays so that if you forgot brackets but it was clear what you meant it would just do it for you and tell you what it was doing and why. we are not the same)

Show threadLR1d ago
@luna
>>> license()
Type license()() to see the full license text
Show threadSimon Richter1d ago
@lritter @luna also needs to support `licence` and `loicence`
Show threadNick Ludlam1d ago
@luna I'd almost class that as malicious compliance
Show threadThe Penguin of Evil1d ago
@luna Better than PROLOG. I fell out with that if I typed "help" and it said "no"
Show threadColin1d ago
@luna You have been issued a quest in a game that gets you to grind to avoid producing more content?
Show thread1.3.6.1.4.1.6151323h ago
@luna works for me?
Show thread1.3.6.1.4.1.6151323h ago

@luna

```
class license_class():
def __repr__(self):
return """
⠀⠀⢀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⡀⠀⠀
⠀⠀⣿⡟⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⢻⣿⠀⠀
⠀⠀⣿⡟⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⢻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀
⠀⠀⣿⡇⣿⣿⣿⣿⠿⠻⢿⣿⣿⣿⡇⢸⣿⣟⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣿⣿⠀⠀
⠀⠀⣿⡇⣿⣿⣿⠃⠀⠀⠀⢹⣿⣿⡇⢸⣿⣏⣉⣉⣉⣉⣉⣉⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀
⠀⠀⣿⡇⣿⣿⣿⡄⠀⠀⠀⣸⣿⣿⡇⢸⣿⣏⣉⣉⣿⣿⣉⣉⣉⣉⣿⣿⠀⠀
⠀⠀⣿⡇⣿⣿⣿⠿⣦⣤⡾⠿⣿⣿⡇⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀
⠀⠀⣿⡇⣿⡿⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠘⣿⡇⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀
⠀⠀⣿⡇⡿⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠸⡇⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣼⣿⠀⠀
⠀⠀⣿⡇⠃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠃⢸⣿⣿⣿⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣼⣿⠀⠀
⠀⠀⠻⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠟⠀⠀
"""

license = license_class()
```

Show threadJay 🆘20h ago
@luna COMIC MONO
Show threadRWF15h ago
@luna @tokyo_0
I kept hitting the "translate" button on this post but nothing came up 😜