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

submitted 6 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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] 72 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (8 children)

            
              Gophers: Golang
Rubyist: Ruby
Lispers: Lisp
Schemers: Scheme
Chamelier: OCaml
Nixer: Nix lang
SQL jockeys: SQL
Purebloods: Haskell
Ninjas: C++ (more of a reference to LeetCode folks who mix C with C++)


            
          

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

C++ could be Keiths

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago

The official mascot for C++ is an obese, diseased rat named Keith, whose hind leg is missing because it was blown off. The above image is a contemporary version drawn by Richard Stallman.

Diseased rats

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

I definitely associate "ninja" with wannabe JavaScript developers.

Pureblood is pretty funny, though of course we actually use Haskellers. Honorable mention goes to "Haskellnaut" to (playfully) describe taking the language as far as it can go.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Don't forget rustaceans for rust!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

That was given in the original question along with Pythonistas.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

Ah, sorry.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Gleamlins: Gleam
Alchemists: Elixir

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

Gleamons

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago

Amazing, thank you for this comprehensive list :)

[–] [email protected] 64 points 6 months ago (1 children)

C could be “C-Men”

Has a nice ring to it

[–] [email protected] 34 points 6 months ago

/g/ calls them Cniles

[–] [email protected] 23 points 6 months ago

psssss: Python