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Fun fact: Python is the only programming language named after an animal!

.. javascript ???

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[โ€“] NeatNit@discuss.tchncs.de 12 points 2 months ago (1 children)

JavaScript is not named after an animal

[โ€“] badcommandorfilename@lemmy.world 13 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

It's complicated. It's sort of colony animal, like a slime mold or a portuguese man-o-war. Either way, you shouldn't touch it.