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minus-squarenasi_gorenglinkfedilinkarrow-up37·18 days 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-up19·edit-217 days 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-up14·18 days agoI’m surprised there aren’t more languages labelled after highly addictive stimulants
minus-squareSexyVetra@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up16·18 days agoI heard Ritchie called it C after creating it during one of Bell Labs’ famous coke parties. /s
minus-squaretetris11@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up5·edit-218 days agoand Julia? Well we all know what Julia is slang for
minus-squareIronfacebuster@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·18 days agoThey tried making SpeedScript but big programming decided it was too fast for its time and shut it down
minus-squareCanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up4·18 days agoJava was named after the Javanese, and not the other way around?
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
and Julia? Well we all know what Julia is slang for
They tried making SpeedScript but big programming decided it was too fast for its time and shut it down
…C ???
Java was named after the Javanese, and not the other way around?