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It's Go-DOH Not Go-Lang

Gamedev Golang Unity Programming

22 days ago 68.7K views 0 shares

It's Go-DOH Not Go-Lang

The ultimate name bamboozle! Developers discovering that Godot (pronounced "go-DOH") game engine isn't written in Go is like finding out that JavaScript has nothing to do with Java. That shocked cat face perfectly captures the moment of realization when your brain short-circuits after assuming a connection that doesn't exist. The naming convention gods have struck again, leaving another victim questioning their entire reality.

Java Is To JavaScript As Car Is To Carpet

Java Webdev Javascript Programming

2 months ago 101.7K views 0 shares

Java Is To JavaScript As Car Is To Carpet

The meme brutally murders the misconception that Java and JavaScript are related just because they share "Java" in their names. It's like assuming cars and carpets are related because they both start with "car." The naming similarity is purely coincidental—JavaScript was named during the peak of Java's popularity as a marketing gimmick. One's a compiled, statically-typed language that runs on a virtual machine; the other's an interpreted, dynamically-typed language that powers the web. Different ancestors, different purposes, different ecosystems. Next up: explaining why hamburgers contain no ham.