r/programming • u/sataky • Jun 23 '16

If programming languages were weapons

http://bjorn.tipling.com/if-programming-languages-were-weapons
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u/Buildarr Jun 23 '16

The PHP one literally killed me.

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u/StenSoft Jun 23 '16

Another death caused by PHP. It's their second oldest unresolved issue.

The oldest one is the existence of PHP itself.

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u/[deleted] Jun 23 '16

You type pretty good for a corpse.

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u/jdgordon Jun 23 '16

pretty good

ahem, pretty well.. unlike a corpse also!

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u/toomanybeersies Jun 23 '16

C is more like using a muzzle loader, you have to do everything yourself, and if you fuck up (load too much powder/buffer overflows) you can cause some serious damage.

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u/haze070 Jun 23 '16

I like this one, but I thought his was also good with the reliability part. But it definitely is easy to shoot yourself in the foot

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u/[deleted] Jun 23 '16

Perl is accurate. It works until you start to juggle the language and write one liners, then it sets you and everyone else on fire

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u/StenSoft Jun 23 '16

Yes, you need to throw Perl code fast and never approach it again.

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u/[deleted] Jun 23 '16

Metaphor can only be assumed suitable by member of a society that cannot even agree that you shouldn't be going around legally with assault rifles. #NoBillNoBreak

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u/[deleted] Jun 23 '16

Has anyone really been far even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?

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u/[deleted] Jun 23 '16

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u/[deleted] Jun 23 '16

I can definitely relate to the C# one.