spreading misinformation online (javascript??)

comma · 4 months ago

nasi_goreng@lemmy.zip · 4 months ago

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

driving_crooner@lemmy.eco.br · edit-2 4 months ago

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?

tetris11@lemmy.ml · 4 months ago

I’m surprised there aren’t more languages labelled after highly addictive stimulants

SexyVetra@sh.itjust.works · 4 months ago

I heard Ritchie called it C after creating it during one of Bell Labs’ famous coke parties.

/s

tetris11@lemmy.ml · edit-2 4 months ago

and Julia? Well we all know what Julia is slang for

Ironfacebuster@lemmy.world · 4 months ago

They tried making SpeedScript but big programming decided it was too fast for its time and shut it down

Midnitte@beehaw.org · 4 months ago

…C ???

CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org · 4 months ago

Java was named after the Javanese, and not the other way around?