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[–] uzay@infosec.pub 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

JavaScript is a foam bat. Easy enough to wield and it'll get the job done, but very inefficiently and it'll be an ugly sight..

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[–] akariii@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

still waiting for some of these memes to include haskell...

[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 9 points 1 year ago

Haskell is the "words as a weapon", a heavy book that nobody really understands but is great to thump heads

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[–] frozen@lemmy.frozeninferno.xyz 10 points 1 year ago

Definitely ancient since C# has been cross-platform for 4 years with Dotnet Core. If you include Mono, make that 19 years.

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.ml 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Hey now! PHP may be old and a bit clunky, but it gets shit done. I'd say PHP is the Colt repeating rifle, since PHP won the internet and the Colt won the West. Much like the Colt, there are better tools available today, but if you want stuff done reliably and quickly, PHP and the Colt are good choices.

[–] 9point6@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I wonder what Erlang/Elixir would be, some kind of nano-bot hive mind?

[–] Natanael@slrpnk.net 10 points 1 year ago

Malbolge would be a bioweapon and you're patient zero

[–] Gentoo1337@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Finally, a computer analogy that's not about cars

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[–] hobbsc@lemmy.sdf.org 9 points 1 year ago

can confirm. am crazy and dangerous. 🤣

[–] unreliable@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Rust is correct. Mostly ignore as useless, but is the safest and reliable weapon, on a good hands can hit someone hard and kill it.

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[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 year ago

That hose got me a company and many good jobs, still loving the hose to build.grrwt projects. I love my PHP

[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Since my father makes anywhere from $400-$1200 an hour coding in COBOL, what's COBOL?

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[–] frogbellyratbone_@hexbear.net 7 points 1 year ago

c# is absolutely a laser rifle strapped donkey nothing has ever spoken to me so much b4

[–] Haus@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Nice seeing Mathematica and Lisp mentioned. I feel like Marvin the Martian after reading.

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[–] clb92@feddit.dk 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

haha php bad, kill yourself 👌 lolol 💯👌👌😂😂😂

If you're going to make these "If programming languages were X" jokes, at least be a little bit creative with them.

[–] flying_sheep@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 year ago

It's an old sharepic, they didn't make it.

[–] dudinax@programming.dev 5 points 1 year ago (3 children)

PHP is a sturdy club. You aren't going to take over the world with it but you can reliably put a dent in something.

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[–] popemichael@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I learned perl to make IRC bots and to customize bulletin boards in the late 90s, early aughts.

I owe a lot to that language as it impressed a woman with my skills in it. I got my first marriage and eldest son out of it.

[–] psud@aussie.zone 7 points 1 year ago

Funny. I learnt perl to make an IRC bot. I didn't even get a tee shirt, let alone a wife and son

[–] TootSweet@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Way too kind to Java. Otherwise, pretty accurate.

(I just hate Java. Lol. Despite writing it 40 hours a week.)

[–] Agent641@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

ADA is an F-22 Raptor. Effective and functional, but you can't have one.

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