spreading misinformation online (javascript??)
spreading misinformation online (javascript??)
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Fun fact: Python is the only programming language named after an animal!
.. javascript ???
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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
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...C ???
2 0 ReplyI heard Ritchie called it C after creating it during one of Bell Labs' famous coke parties.
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16 0 Replyand Julia? Well we all know what Julia is slang for
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They tried making SpeedScript but big programming decided it was too fast for its time and shut it down
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Java was named after the Javanese, and not the other way around?
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