The Programming Language Hunger Games

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The Programming Language Hunger Games

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BEHOLD! The eternal programming language hierarchy in its most dramatic form! JavaScript stands there with that insufferable grin, basking in its web dominance while the other ghost-like languages SEETHE with jealousy. Then—PLOT TWIST—they all gang up to beat JavaScript into submission! But wait! The final panels reveal the TRUE victors: Python (TWICE because it's just THAT important) and PHP silently judging from their zen-like state of superiority. It's basically the programming language version of Mean Girls but with more semicolons and existential dread. The circle of life in development: first they mock you, then they fight you, then they reluctantly include your libraries in their projects anyway.

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