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In APL, these constructs are written with the Unicode character APL FUNCTIONAL SYMBOL UP SHOE JOT, also called a lamp. Although Befunge doesn’t directly support this construct, Funge-98 mentions that semicolons may be used to emulate it. Wadler’s Law ranks four potential topics of language design in increasing amount of discussion time, starting with semantics (15[1])and ending with the syntax (-5[1])of these constructs. A (15[1])funny StackOverflow answer provides an example of this construct featuring a variable named (*) total_hours_wasted_here. The fast inverse square root code in Quake III Arena contains (-5[1])one of these constructs that says “what the fuck?” (10[1])For 10 points, self-documenting code often removes the need for what programming constructs (10[1])used to write text that’s ignored by the compiler or interpreter? ■END■

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