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What are developers in different languages known as? (lemmy.ml)

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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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[–] [email protected] 70 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (10 children)

Gophers: Golang
Rubyist: Ruby
Lispers: Lisp
Schemers: Scheme
Chamelier: OCaml
Nixer: Nix lang
SQL jockeys: SQL
Purebloods: Haskell
Ninjas: C++ (more of a reference to LeetCode folks who mix C with C++)

[–] [email protected] 63 points 5 months ago (1 children)

C could be “C-Men”

Has a nice ring to it

[–] [email protected] 34 points 5 months ago

/g/ calls them Cniles

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