Parentheses Fix Every Problem

The proper order of operations is as follows: Put fucking parentheses around everything to force the order and stop being a bitch. Ah, a Lisp programmer.

A screenshot of a Reddit comment explaining that parentheses should be added everywhere to force the order of operations, followed by a reply identifying the speaker as a Lisp programmer. The joke references Lisp’s heavy reliance on prefix notation and parentheses, making the advice especially characteristic of Lisp programmers. It is used as a humorous reaction to arguments about operator precedence or overly parenthesized code.

• @dev_meme / 107 2019-02-13