Newton Callbacks, Leibniz Promises

Text on the meme

Callbacks Promises

What it means

A two-panel meme shows portraits of Isaac Newton and Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz above the words “Callbacks” and “Promises.” It jokes about asynchronous programming concepts by mapping them onto the two mathematicians associated with the independent invention of calculus, and is used as a nerdy programming-history reaction. EN: A two-panel meme shows portraits of Isaac Newton and Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz above the words “Callbacks” and “Promises.” It jokes about asynchronous programming concepts by mapping them onto the two mathematicians associated with the independent invention of calculus, and is used as a nerdy programming-history reaction.

Who

Isaac Newton (Исаак Ньютон)Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (Готфрид Вильгельм Лейбниц)

Objects

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