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What are developers in different languages known as? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 3 months ago by filtoid@lemmy.ml to c/programmerhumor@lemmy.ml

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I've heard of Pythonistas and Rustaceans. What are some of the other names given to devs writing in, for example, PHP or C++. Appreciate any answers - both serious and joking.

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[–] velox_vulnus@lemmy.ml 72 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (13 children)

Gophers: Golang
Rubyist: Ruby
Lispers: Lisp
Schemers: Scheme
Chamelier: OCaml
Nixer: Nix lang
SQL jockeys: SQL
Purebloods: Haskell
Ninjas: C++ (more of a reference to LeetCode folks who mix C with C++)

[–] filtoid@lemmy.ml 4 points 3 months ago

Amazing, thank you for this comprehensive list :)

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