spreading misinformation online (javascript??)
spreading misinformation online (javascript??)
![](https://midwest.social/pictrs/image/7d9a406c-958b-4385-a505-c863ab5e9fdd.jpeg?thumbnail=1024&format=webp)
alt text:
Fun fact: Python is the only programming language named after an animal!
.. javascript ???
Python isn’t named after an animal it’s named after a comedy troupe, which is a group of animals
79 1 ReplyPython, Spam, IDLE.
Monte Python have a lot to answer for.
26 0 ReplyUntil recently, thought it was also named after Pythagoras, with the snake being a double meaning.
5 0 Replyfun fact: Pythagoras was named after the snake god Glycon.
(this is not true)
12 0 Reply
Fun fact: Python is not named after an animal! It's named after the comedy group Monty Python's Flying Circus.
142 1 Replyoh, well then that explains why Python is a joke.
86 9 ReplyWhile I disagree with you, this made me chuckle. A great joke. Wish you all the best.
31 0 ReplyMore of a tragicomedy, really
4 0 Reply
*indirectly named after an animal...
6 0 Reply
What about
D
1 0 ReplyIf I'm not wrong python is named after Monty python TV show and not after a animal
146 0 ReplyMonty Python, being a comedy troupe, consists of humans, which are a type of animal ;)
63 1 Reply...Similar to pythons, which happen to be animals as well.
23 2 Reply
I'm not sure, but I think that might have been part of the joke, seeing all the comments here.
15 0 Reply
C shell
105 0 ReplyBy the C shore
62 0 ReplyIf someone hasn't made a garbage collector for C and called it C Shore, they need to get on it asap
23 0 Reply
There actually is a fish Shell
14 0 Reply
Don't forget about
.bat
77 1 ReplyI wonder if people that JavaScript is indirectly named from an ethnic group in Indonesia.
Javanese ethnic -> Java Island -> Javanese coffee -> Java programming language -> JavaScript
36 0 ReplyIs 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?
18 0 ReplyI'm surprised there aren't more languages labelled after highly addictive stimulants
14 0 Reply
Java was named after the Javanese, and not the other way around?
4 0 Reply
53 0 Reply...fish ???
44 0 ReplyFish 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.
(/joke)
2 0 Reply><>
2 0 Reply
There's also OCamel and Julia.
65 1 ReplyAnd Ada
27 1 ReplyJulia is an animal?
20 0 ReplyYeah, there's a bunch of humans called Julia.
34 0 ReplyYea, Julia is the name of the squirrel that routinely exploits my bird feeder.
21 0 ReplyYes, under the right circumstances she can be.
4 0 Reply
Ocaml stands for "Objective Categorical Abstract Machine Language", so it's pronounced like "Camel" but not named after it, unfortunately
2 0 Reply
Ada is named after a human and humans are animals.
37 0 ReplyPascal, too.
16 0 ReplyHaskell
11 0 Reply
OCaml ??
35 0 ReplyDeep 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 “node modules” to fuel its desires.
25 0 ReplyFucking Caml, hate this language 👺
38 1 ReplyThat reminds me... Oh, Caml.
17 0 Reply
Yes, indeed, I see javascripts in the wild every day.
20 0 ReplyNah, it's not a programming language.
It's a tool for degenerates (said the kid who grew up rotting his brain with vbscript)
4 5 ReplyAm professional js dev, can confirm. Have maximum brain rot.
skibidi
14 0 ReplyEh, whatever. It puts food on the table...
1 0 Reply
PHP is also named after an animal.
43 1 ReplyPretty huge penguin
68 0 ReplyPenis
20 3 Reply
Elephpant
2 0 Reply
Javalina 🐗
14 0 Reply☕️🐗
2 0 Reply
Am I being dense? I don't get it.
24 0 ReplyJavaScript is not named after an animal
12 0 ReplyIt's complicated. It's sort of colony animal, like a slime mold or a portuguese man-o-war. Either way, you shouldn't touch it.
13 0 Reply
I'm fairly certain this is a reference to a joke tweet interaction that went something like
- Fun fact: Oranges are the only fruit named after a color
- Star fruit?
- Close! That is a shape, not a color!
But nobody finished the end of the interaction or it wasn't in the screenshot.
3 0 Reply
What about a GOpher?
16 0 ReplyWhat about Lolcat?
kthxbye
12 0 ReplyChicken?
13 0 ReplyArmed Bear in the same vein
4 0 ReplyChicken.
3 0 Reply
i think there's something called aspnet, dolphin and badger.
also cowball for the artistic license.
17 1 ReplyOok!
12 0 Replyllama?
5 0 Reply