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I've heard of Pythonistas and Rustaceans. What are some of the other names given to devs writing in, for example, PHP or C++. Appreciate any answers - both serious and joking.

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[–] crispy_kilt@feddit.de 34 points 8 months ago (2 children)
[–] firefly@neon.nightbulb.net 12 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

BASHers ?

BASHionado ?

BASHist ?

[–] cityboundforest 2 points 8 months ago (2 children)

What about people who program in C?

[–] crispy_kilt@feddit.de 6 points 8 months ago
[–] firefly@neon.nightbulb.net 1 points 8 months ago
[–] GravitySpoiled@lemmy.ml 26 points 8 months ago

R - pirates

[–] js10@reddthat.com 24 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Perl scripters call ourselves "Superior"

[–] filtoid@lemmy.ml 4 points 8 months ago

Haha, I always suspected!

[–] GravelPieceOfSword@lemmy.ca 2 points 8 months ago

Superlior you say? Superl!

[–] DmMacniel@feddit.de 23 points 8 months ago

Dillusionists: Html

[–] sgibson5150@slrpnk.net 23 points 8 months ago (3 children)

Sharp dressed men 😎 (C#)

Please kill me.

[–] xilliah 7 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)
kill(me); // x_x 
[–] souperk@reddthat.com 6 points 8 months ago (1 children)

You spelled Fin Tech Bros wrong

[–] sgibson5150@slrpnk.net 4 points 8 months ago

Pfft I wish. I'm one bad day away from asking people if they want fries with that.

[–] firefly@neon.nightbulb.net 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Here, carry this big beam. It won't be long now if you stay the course.

"And he said to them all, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me." (Luke 9:23)

"For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live." (Romans 8:13)

"I protest by your rejoicing which I have in Christ Jesus our LORD, I die daily." (1 Corinthians 15:31)

[–] sgibson5150@slrpnk.net 2 points 8 months ago

I'm struggling to understand how this comment relates to anything. Perhaps you could explain what you are attempting to convey?

[–] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 19 points 8 months ago (1 children)
[–] folkrav@lemmy.ca 7 points 8 months ago

Missing a P

[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 18 points 8 months ago
[–] deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz 15 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Heathens.

You're a god-forsaken heathen for using the wrong language.

[–] folkrav@lemmy.ca 12 points 8 months ago

I know Go has gophers

[–] perishthethought@lemm.ee 7 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Nothing for JavaScript?

Javascripters, maybe?

[–] filtoid@lemmy.ml 15 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Or perhaps JSters (pronounced Jesters)*

*Meant as a turn of phrase and not a criticism of the language.

[–] ursakhiin 11 points 8 months ago

Don't worry. They'll change it again next week.

[–] shrugal@lemm.ee 2 points 8 months ago
[–] xilliah 6 points 8 months ago
[–] WatTyler@lemmy.zip 6 points 8 months ago

Haskellers for Haskell.

[–] palordrolap@kbin.social 4 points 8 months ago

Perl:

Just another Perl hacker, (sic)

This was coined by Randall Schwartz on Usenet a very long time ago. The comma has become part of it despite it originally being necessary for the English sentence it first appeared in.

Part of being a Perl aficionado is to write a japh script, that is a Perl script that prints out the above line, comma and all. The more obfuscated it is, the better. Another part is to not write code like that in production, at least not without comments explained what the heck the symbol soup is doing.

"(Perl) Wizard" has been applied to those who are notably proficient, thought that's usually a title bestowed by others.

The self-deprecating alternative is "funny character(s)" for both the symbols that appear all over Perl code as well as those who use them (I think this one was coined by Perl creator Larry Wall himself).