Explanation:

Fortran is a programming language. 4tran refers to a subreddit/community on Reddit that is full of self hating trans people.

  • apotheotic (she/her)@beehaw.orgEnglish
    4·
    56 minutes ago

    As someone unfortunate enough to have worked on fortran code from a legacy codebase, just turn around and go home those two paths are equally terrible

    • da_cow (she/her)@feddit.orgOP
      1·
      29 minutes ago

      Idk, I havent used it and have no Intent to change this in the future. The German wikipedia article says, that the goal was, that Fortran would be as fast as assembly which says enough about what level of pain using it probably is.

  • Aeri@lemmy.world
    2·
    1 hour ago

    I hate that subreddit so much just because of all the dumb words they’ve made up

    • Chloé 🥕@lemmy.blahaj.zone
      2·
      37 minutes ago

      the only thing those words are good for is padding the wiktionary

      you could say it’s…

      quotefuel

  • riwo@lemmy.blahaj.zone
    13·
    3 hours ago

    this is a horrible. i’m so glad i’m not a girl and don’t have to decide between toxic self hate and 4tran ;w;

    • riwo@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
      6·
      3 hours ago
      hewwo, click here for an explanation of the joke :3

      fortran is stupit (i’ve never used it)