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Fun fact: Python is the only programming language named after an animal!

.. javascript ???

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[–] [email protected] 37 points 2 months ago (7 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 19 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (5 children)

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?

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 months ago (4 children)

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

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