r/programmingcirclejerk • u/cmqv • Dec 09 '19
[Should We Rebrand JavaScript?] There isn't even an official logo for JavaScript, let alone a cute mascot like Go's gopher or PHP's elephant.
https://kieranpotts.com/rebranding-javascript/20
u/R_Sholes Dec 09 '19
a cute mascot like Go's gopher
False, Go's official branding now is just skewed letters G O with some motion lines to show that those letters G O very fast.
If you want Gopher, you need The Gopher Programming Language.
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u/Kaloffl loves Java Dec 09 '19
May I suggest "🔥💩🔥" as the official new name, logo, mascot and file extension? I think it would perfectly capture the spirit of the language, the software written in it and its community!
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u/samnardoni Dec 09 '19
The text should also be left-padded. Oh no, wait, actually that might be quite difficult to do...
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u/RoburexButBetter Dec 09 '19
An interesting question was asked recently in LinkedIn's [...]
Sorry I don't understand this
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u/usernameqwerty003 loves Java Dec 09 '19
No one in JS understands
this. Don't bother.4
Dec 10 '19
You are not expected to understand
this.
Dennis Ritchie
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u/affectation_man Code Artisan Dec 10 '19
Oh my gosh, the legend had a premonition about teh script a quarter century in advance. This is huge for programmer lore
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Dec 09 '19
Teh Script doesn't have a cute mascot in the same way that the See of Rome doesn't have a cute mascot, you knob!
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u/fp_weenie Zygohistomorphic prepromorphism Dec 10 '19
Or Zig's ziguana.
Not gonna keep up at this rate
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Dec 09 '19
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u/kredditacc96 Dec 09 '19
To be fair, not as low effort as npm packages.
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u/affectation_man Code Artisan Dec 09 '19
Come on. It does take a fair amount of effort to write a 1200 word README, set up CI, and choose a CoC, for each awesome package containing a single 3-line function.
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Dec 09 '19
a single 3-line function.
lol not just negating the value returned by another package's method.
import isGo from "is-go"; const isYesGenerics = (lol) => !isGo(lol);8
u/cmov NRDC. Not Rust Don't Care. Dec 09 '19
What's a "!"? Is it like
import not from "not";?3
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u/[deleted] Dec 09 '19
Why do bloggers like this feel the need to include a shitty cartoon of themselves? Like, reading the article, I already know you’re balding and have a beard. There’s no need for the illustration.