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Fun fact: Python is the only programming language named after an animal!
… javascript ???
C shell
By the C shore
If someone hasn’t made a garbage collector for C and called it C Shore, they need to get on it asap
There actually is a fish Shell
If I’m not wrong python is named after Monty python TV show and not after a animal
Monty Python, being a comedy troupe, consists of humans, which are a type of animal ;)
…Similar to pythons, which happen to be animals as well.
I’m not sure, but I think that might have been part of the joke, seeing all the comments here.
Fucking Caml, hate this language 👺
That reminds me… Oh, Caml.
Don’t forget about
.batFun fact: Python is not named after an animal! It’s named after the comedy group Monty Python’s Flying Circus.
oh, well then that explains why Python is a joke.
While I disagree with you, this made me chuckle. A great joke. Wish you all the best.
Python isn’t named after an animal it’s named after a comedy troupe, which is a group of animals
Python, Spam, IDLE.
Monte Python have a lot to answer for.
Until recently, thought it was also named after Pythagoras, with the snake being a double meaning.
fun fact: Pythagoras was named after the snake god Glycon.
(this is not true)
There’s also OCamel and Julia.
Julia is an animal?
Yeah, there’s a bunch of humans called Julia.
Yea, Julia is the name of the squirrel that routinely exploits my bird feeder.
Yes, under the right circumstances she can be.
And Ada
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.
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
What about a GOpher?
What about Lolcat?
kthxbye
PHP is also named after an animal.
Pretty huge penguin
Penis
Penis Huge Penguin?
That’s the one. Tux fux
What about
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Ada is named after a human and humans are animals.
Pascal, too.
Haskell
Javalina 🐗
llama?
