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What are developers in different languages known as? (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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[-] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 26 points 7 months ago

PHools?

[-] folkrav@lemmy.ca 8 points 7 months ago

Missing a P

[-] 69420@lemmy.world 12 points 7 months ago

PHaPpers

[-] RVGamer06@sh.itjust.works 0 points 7 months ago

You sir have won the Fediverse for today

[-] chickenf622@sh.itjust.works 7 points 7 months ago

It got lost in PHP's infinite recursion initials

[-] folkrav@lemmy.ca 5 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

I don’t know know you’re talking $$$$$about

[-] chickenf622@sh.itjust.works 2 points 7 months ago

PHP stands for "PHP Hypertext Processor". The PHP in that stands for "PHP Hypertext Processor". This pattern repeats infinitely.

[-] flei@feddit.de 7 points 7 months ago

Personal Home Pagers ™

[-] beforan@lemm.ee 7 points 7 months ago

See also: GNU's Not Unix, WINE Is Not an Emulator...

And in a slightly different way: I'm So Meta Even This Acronym (ISMETA)

[-] folkrav@lemmy.ca 3 points 7 months ago

Ah, yeah, I knew that at one point. I find recursive acronyms so tacky I tend to tune that information out lol.

[-] xmunk@sh.itjust.works 7 points 7 months ago

Our mascot is the Elephpant and I like to think PHP developers are also Elephpants.

[-] folkrav@lemmy.ca 3 points 7 months ago

Is it pronounced “eleph pants”?

[-] xmunk@sh.itjust.works 1 points 7 months ago

Yea, but you run it together awkwardly.

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