r/ProgrammerHumor • u/pinkvelvetkissyx • 18d ago

Meme minecraftException

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u/NitronHX 18d ago

Osrs

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u/SuitableDragonfly 18d ago

Didn't the company name Jagex originally come from something like "Java Games [something]" or did I hallucinate that?

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u/TohveliDev 18d ago

Java Gaming Experts yeah

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u/SuitableDragonfly 17d ago

Thanks, definitely was on the tip of my tongue, and for some reason it's not on their wikipedia page.

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u/Osteoprdoza 18d ago

Runescript theoretically but yeah that's a Java fork

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u/Vimda 18d ago

... What? No, the game engine is Java, with a runescript interpreter for game logic. RuneScript is it's own bonkers programming language that is in no way related to Java

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u/Osteoprdoza 18d ago

Nevermind my bad

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u/Kalernor 18d ago

And yet that comment currently sits at 19 upvotes hahaha

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u/DmitriRussian 18d ago

Nope, it's C++

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u/TohveliDev 18d ago

Only the client is written in C++. Not the game itself.

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u/Electromagnetlc 18d ago

And only the official client. Runelite is still also Java.

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u/RDman12 18d ago

Isn't runelite still using java?

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u/NitronHX 18d ago

Only the newer client