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by PaulDavisThe1st 488 days ago
It's a hangover from the ill-fated Clinton programming language, where you repeat an operator (such as "is") to ensure there is no ambiguity about what your intention is.
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zelphirkalt 488 days ago
Did you mean to write "there is is no ambiguity ..."?
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mattigames 488 days ago
Too early for that pun, it works better at the end as a punchline of sorts, "ensure there is not ambiguity about what your intention is is."
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