Programming Languages as Human Languages

C is Latin, the root of all modern languages, the whole universe used to speak it. C++ is French, it’s Latin with fancy rules, used by the elite around the world & in specific circles. JavaScript is English, everybody speaks it, most speakers speak it poorly and others don’t bother learning another language. Java is German, it’s verbose, over-complicated and it made me cry several times. I won’t elaborate. Python is Esperanto, it was created to be so easy everyone could speak it. Its speakers could benefit from a shower once in a while. Rust is Russian, most speakers have an authoritarian left background and want to spread it worldwide.

A humorous text meme compares programming languages to natural languages and stereotypes their communities. C is portrayed as ancient and universal, C++ as elite and complicated, JavaScript as common but poorly spoken, Java as verbose, Python as easy but associated with unwashed programmers, and Rust as authoritarian and expansionist. It is shared as a reaction to programming-language debates and developer stereotypes.

• @ithueti / 14066 2024-09-21
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