▲ 488 ▼ spreading misinformation online (javascript??) (midwest.social) submitted 2 years ago by comma_egomaniac@midwest.social to c/programmerhumor@lemmy.ml 74 comments fedilink hide all child comments alt text: Fun fact: Python is the only programming language named after an animal! .. javascript ???
[–] 0x0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 24 points 2 years ago (3 children) Am I being dense? I don't get it. permalink fedilink source hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] NeatNit@discuss.tchncs.de 12 points 2 years ago (1 child) JavaScript is not named after an animal permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] badcommandorfilename@lemmy.world 14 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) It's complicated. It's sort of colony animal, like a slime mold or a portuguese man-o-war. Either way, you shouldn't touch it. permalink fedilink source parent [–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 4 points 2 years ago* I'm fairly certain this is a reference to a joke tweet interaction that went something like Fun fact: Oranges are the only fruit named after a color Star fruit? Close! That is a shape, not a color! But nobody finished the end of the interaction or it wasn't in the screenshot. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] NeatNit@discuss.tchncs.de 12 points 2 years ago (1 child) JavaScript is not named after an animal permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] badcommandorfilename@lemmy.world 14 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) It's complicated. It's sort of colony animal, like a slime mold or a portuguese man-o-war. Either way, you shouldn't touch it. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] badcommandorfilename@lemmy.world 14 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) It's complicated. It's sort of colony animal, like a slime mold or a portuguese man-o-war. Either way, you shouldn't touch it. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 4 points 2 years ago* I'm fairly certain this is a reference to a joke tweet interaction that went something like Fun fact: Oranges are the only fruit named after a color Star fruit? Close! That is a shape, not a color! But nobody finished the end of the interaction or it wasn't in the screenshot. permalink fedilink source parent