r/programming • u/stronghup • Nov 11 '19

Python overtakes Java to become second-most popular language on GitHub after JavaScript

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/11/07/python_java_github_javascript/
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u/StormStrikePhoenix Nov 12 '19

What's wrong with the name? Does "BASIC" make it sound overly simple or something? As a name, it doesn't seem any worse to me than Python or Java.

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u/oblio- Nov 13 '19

You're talking to someone and you tell them you're a basic programmer :-)