• olenko@feddit.nl
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    1 day ago

    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.

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      14 hours 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.

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        I fail to find any humour in this. I think the humour are the labels (Toy, System, Nu, Obsolete), which are however incorrect and misleading.

        Among other things, “JavaScript” is a trademark of Oracle.

        Does this prevent it from being used in memes?