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minus-squarenasi_goreng@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up38·3 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-up19·edit-23 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-up14arrow-down1·3 months agoI’m surprised there aren’t more languages labelled after highly addictive stimulants
minus-squareSexyVetra@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up16·3 months agoI heard Ritchie called it C after creating it during one of Bell Labs’ famous coke parties. /s
minus-squaretetris11@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up5·edit-23 months agoand Julia? Well we all know what Julia is slang for
minus-squareIronfacebuster@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·3 months agoThey tried making SpeedScript but big programming decided it was too fast for its time and shut it down
minus-squareCanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up4·3 months 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?