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What are developers in different languages known as? (lemmy.ml)

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I've heard of Pythonistas and Rustaceans. What are some of the other names given to devs writing in, for example, PHP or C++. Appreciate any answers - both serious and joking.

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[–] [email protected] 26 points 8 months ago (2 children)

PHools?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Our mascot is the Elephpant and I like to think PHP developers are also Elephpants.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Is it pronounced “eleph pants”?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

Yea, but you run it together awkwardly.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Missing a P

[–] [email protected] 7 points 8 months ago (1 children)

It got lost in PHP's infinite recursion initials

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

I don’t know know you’re talking $$$$$about

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago (3 children)

PHP stands for "PHP Hypertext Processor". The PHP in that stands for "PHP Hypertext Processor". This pattern repeats infinitely.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

Ah, yeah, I knew that at one point. I find recursive acronyms so tacky I tend to tune that information out lol.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 8 months ago

Personal Home Pagers ™

[–] [email protected] 7 points 8 months ago

See also: GNU's Not Unix, WINE Is Not an Emulator...

And in a slightly different way: I'm So Meta Even This Acronym (ISMETA)

[–] [email protected] 12 points 8 months ago (1 children)

PHaPpers

[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago

You sir have won the Fediverse for today