comma@midwest.social to Programmer Humor@lemmy.mlEnglish · 6 months agospreading misinformation online (javascript??)midwest.socialimagemessage-square49fedilinkarrow-up135arrow-down10file-text
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minus-squarenasi_goreng@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up4·6 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-up2·edit-26 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-up2·6 months agoI’m surprised there aren’t more languages labelled after highly addictive stimulants
minus-squareCanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·6 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
Java was named after the Javanese, and not the other way around?