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Lettherebedarklight: /* Trivia */ add Category:Comics with a Spanish translation

2025-12-15T08:57:24Z

‎Trivia: add Category:Comics with a Spanish translation

2A0A:EF40:5D:F401:A7D0:B7C6:99A7:530A: /* Explanation */

2025-10-24T07:34:33Z

‎Explanation

2001:569:55CA:7500:B01F:63EB:FFAC:BB4: Added a closed parentheses at the end. kek.

2025-08-22T04:01:33Z

Added a closed parentheses at the end. kek.

95.173.223.166: /* Explanation */

2025-08-13T14:38:34Z

‎Explanation

BobcatInABox: /* Explanation */

2025-05-02T19:19:45Z

‎Explanation

172.68.54.107 at 18:34, 1 March 2025

2025-03-01T18:34:41Z

162.158.28.180: You missed a parenthesis

2025-02-22T16:45:47Z

You missed a parenthesis

WaddleDeo: I feel as though resolving these tensions is something a wiki such as this should endeavor upon. Perhaps it should be at the end of the explain, though?

2025-02-12T16:16:51Z

I feel as though resolving these tensions is something a wiki such as this should endeavor upon. Perhaps it should be at the end of the explain, though?

Caralice: /* Explanation */ elaborate on "Russian" parentheses

2024-12-28T13:55:29Z

‎Explanation: elaborate on "Russian" parentheses

172.69.22.99: /* Explanation */ excessive use of the first close parens meant a ton of unmatched close parens instead!

2024-11-13T18:18:06Z

‎Explanation: excessive use of the first close parens meant a ton of unmatched close parens instead!

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		+	). Ok, we can begin.

	In programming, punctuation is often used to mark sections of code. Paired punctuation marks must always be matched up with a corresponding closing mark, otherwise a so-called {{w\|syntax error}} occurs. The programming language {{w\|Lisp_(programming_language)\|Lisp}} (also featured in [[224: Lisp]] is known for large numbers of nested/paired parentheses. Even in literary works intended only for human consumption, the absence of a matching closing parenthesis as appears in this sentence or other "balanced" punctuation sets creates a mental expectation of eventual closure and completion that remains unfulfilled even long after the unmatched mark is encountered.		In programming, punctuation is often used to mark sections of code. Paired punctuation marks must always be matched up with a corresponding closing mark, otherwise a so-called {{w\|syntax error}} occurs. The programming language {{w\|Lisp_(programming_language)\|Lisp}} (also featured in [[224: Lisp]] is known for large numbers of nested/paired parentheses. Even in literary works intended only for human consumption, the absence of a matching closing parenthesis as appears in this sentence or other "balanced" punctuation sets creates a mental expectation of eventual closure and completion that remains unfulfilled even long after the unmatched mark is encountered.

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 Finally, some countries (Russia in particular) use just parentheses instead of text smileys so that <code>:(</code> becomes <code>(</code> and <code>:)</code> turns into <code>)</code>, and it's even somewhat common to stack multiple smiles together in such cases like <code>)))</code>. Hence those readers can magically resist the unresolved tension of the comic but may feel a bit sad instead as a side effect, although the parenthesis is placed in the beginning and not in the end as usual.
-The title text refers to the same issue as already highlighted in [[327: Exploits of a Mom]]: if your scripts trust external input, you sometimes will be surprised. At the time of this comic, there were quite a few websites that would grab the  xkcd comic three times a week and publish them on their own site. This comic likely broke at least some of the websites because of either the unmatched paren or the extra unmatched markup that is in the title text.
+The title text refers to the same issue as already highlighted in [[327: Exploits of a Mom]]: if your scripts trust external input, you sometimes will be surprised. At the time of this comic, there were quite a few websites that would grab the  xkcd comic three times a week and publish them on their own site. This comic likely broke at least some of the websites because of either the unmatched paren or the extra unmatched markup that is in the title text.)
 ==Transcript==

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−	~~First off, allow us to resolve those pieces of tension which have been left unresolved by this comic.']>>})))). Okay, with that out of the way, let the explanation begin.~~

	In programming, punctuation is often used to mark sections of code. Paired punctuation marks must always be matched up with a corresponding closing mark, otherwise a so-called {{w\|syntax error}} occurs. The programming language {{w\|Lisp_(programming_language)\|Lisp}} (also featured in [[224: Lisp]] is known for large numbers of nested/paired parentheses. Even in literary works intended only for human consumption, the absence of a matching closing parenthesis as appears in this sentence or other "balanced" punctuation sets creates a mental expectation of eventual closure and completion that remains unfulfilled even long after the unmatched mark is encountered.		In programming, punctuation is often used to mark sections of code. Paired punctuation marks must always be matched up with a corresponding closing mark, otherwise a so-called {{w\|syntax error}} occurs. The programming language {{w\|Lisp_(programming_language)\|Lisp}} (also featured in [[224: Lisp]] is known for large numbers of nested/paired parentheses. Even in literary works intended only for human consumption, the absence of a matching closing parenthesis as appears in this sentence or other "balanced" punctuation sets creates a mental expectation of eventual closure and completion that remains unfulfilled even long after the unmatched mark is encountered.

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 == Explanation ==
-First off, allow us to resolve those pieces of tension which have been left unresolved by this comic.]>>})))). Okay, with that out of the way, let the explanation begin.
+First off, allow us to resolve those pieces of tension which have been left unresolved by this comic.']>>})))). Okay, with that out of the way, let the explanation begin.
 In programming, punctuation is often used to mark sections of code. Paired punctuation marks must always be matched up with a corresponding closing mark, otherwise a so-called {{w|syntax error}} occurs. The programming language {{w|Lisp_(programming_language)|Lisp}} (also featured in [[224: Lisp]] is known for large numbers of nested/paired parentheses. Even in literary works intended only for human consumption, the absence of a matching closing parenthesis as appears in this sentence or other "balanced" punctuation sets creates a mental expectation of eventual closure and completion that remains unfulfilled even long after the unmatched mark is encountered.