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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 and ending with the syntax of these constructs. (15[1])A funny StackOverflow answer provides an example of this construct featuring a variable named (*) total_hours_wasted_here. (10[1]-5[1])The fast inverse square root code in Quake III Arena contains one of these constructs that says (10[1])“what the fuck?” (10[1])For 10 points, self-documenting code often removes the need for what programming constructs used to write text that’s ignored by the compiler or interpreter? ■END■ (10[1])

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