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Fun fact: Python is the only programming language named after an animal!
.. javascript ???
What about
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I wonder if people that JavaScript is indirectly named from an ethnic group in Indonesia.
Javanese ethnic -> Java Island -> Javanese coffee -> Java programming language -> JavaScript
Java was named after the Javanese, and not the other way around?
Is based on the Java island coffee, the preferred variation of James Gosling. This is why the Java logo is a cup of coffee.
Edit: I made that up, but looks like it's true?
I'm surprised there aren't more languages labelled after highly addictive stimulants
...C ???
They tried making SpeedScript but big programming decided it was too fast for its time and shut it down
I heard Ritchie called it C after creating it during one of Bell Labs' famous coke parties.
/s
and Julia? Well we all know what Julia is slang for
Yes, indeed, I see javascripts in the wild every day.
Nah, it's not a programming language.
It's a tool for degenerates (said the kid who grew up rotting his brain with vbscript)
Eh, whatever. It puts food on the table...
I'm not judging, I know the pain
It's not even that much of a pain. I'm mostly dealing with TypeScript, very rarely vanilla JavaScript, and it's even enjoyable most of the time.
Sorry, I was must continuing the joke.
Am professional js dev, can confirm. Have maximum brain rot.
skibidi
Python isnβt named after an animal itβs named after a comedy troupe, which is a group of animals
Until recently, thought it was also named after Pythagoras, with the snake being a double meaning.
fun fact: Pythagoras was named after the snake god Glycon.
(this is not true)
Python, Spam, IDLE.
Monte Python have a lot to answer for.
What about Lolcat?
kthxbye
Deep in the Serengeti, we find the lonesome JavaScript. With its tendrils deep in the ground, it begins consuming thousands of tiny life forms known as βnode modulesβ to fuel its desires.
What about a GOpher?
OCaml ??
Ada is named after a human and humans are animals.
Pascal, too.
Haskell
...fish ???
Fish are not real. Salmon is a kind of bird.
What people commonly refer to as "fish" are in fact government spy drones designed to detect and stop seaweed smuggling.
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llama?