comma@midwest.social to Programmer Humor@lemmy.mlEnglish · 11 months agospreading misinformation online (javascript??)midwest.socialimagemessage-square44linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
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minus-squarenasi_goreng@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up1·11 months agoI wonder if people that JavaScript is indirectly named from an ethnic group in Indonesia. Javanese ethnic -> Java Island -> Javanese coffee -> Java programming language -> JavaScript
minus-squaredriving_crooner@lemmy.eco.brlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-211 months agoIs 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?
minus-squaretetris11@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·11 months agoI’m surprised there aren’t more languages labelled after highly addictive stimulants
minus-squareSexyVetra@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·11 months agoI heard Ritchie called it C after creating it during one of Bell Labs’ famous coke parties. /s
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
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
I heard Ritchie called it C after creating it during one of Bell Labs’ famous coke parties.
/s