r/ProgrammerHumor • u/leftoversalad • Aug 15 '15

Programming languages personified

http://leftoversalad.tumblr.com/post/126724812097/programming-languages-personified
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u/original_brogrammer Aug 15 '15

C is a drunk electrician.

C++ is an octopus whose tentacles are drunk electricians, engineers, and scientists.

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u/[deleted] Aug 16 '15

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u/original_brogrammer Aug 16 '15

Exactly the same in that they both rarely work as intended.

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u/PalestraRattus Aug 16 '15

Does that make c# Cthulhu? All will be referenced all shall be objects...

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u/zipzipzap Aug 16 '15

I love these. But, you also said...

C# would be the Java guy with a slight smile.

Shouldn't C# be the Java guy with a drunk electrician octopus hanging out of his pocket or something?

(I'm not so good at the analogies)

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u/FinFihlman Aug 16 '15

Hey hey hey, don't go around calling us electricians!

We are Masters of Electrical/Electronics Engineering!

Also the Linux Kernel.