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I created the weirdest political compass (lemmy.world)
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[โ€“] VitabytesDev@feddit.nl 9 points 10 months ago (1 children)

This is a very bad chart:

  • I don't understand what Toy Lang, Nu Lang or even System Lang mean
  • How are C and Assembly obsolete?
  • How is C++ more obsolete than D or Go?
  • PHP still powers a large portion of the internet, certainly not a "Toy Lang"
  • Why is ECMAScript here and not JavaScript?

Downvoting.

[โ€“] mkwt@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

This chart is easier to understand if you make the following substitutions:

  • Toy Lang --> high level language (except brainfuck really is a low level toy language)
  • System Lang --> low level language
  • Obsolete Lang --> old programming language, regardless of obsolescence status
  • Nu Lang --> newer programming language

After understanding this construction, I fail to find any humor in this.

Why is ECMAScript here and not JavaScript?

Among other things, "JavaScript" is a trademark of Oracle.