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[–] Lysergid@lemmy.ml 97 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (7 children)

Nope, JS is “You think you are nerd”.

Also, why React is there? It’s a lib not a language

[–] TheFriendlyDickhead@lemm.ee 86 points 1 month ago (2 children)

This guy right here is a certified nerd

[–] squirrel@discuss.tchncs.de 44 points 1 month ago (1 children)

This guy right here is a certified nerd certifier

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[–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago

definitely a nerd's nerd.

[–] sevon@lemmy.kde.social 6 points 1 month ago (2 children)
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[–] axh@lemmy.world 51 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Ah, yes. My favourite programming language (checks notes) HTML...

If your favourite programming language is HTML, we do not grant you the title of Nerd.

[–] Waterdoc@lemmy.ca 17 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)
[–] expr@programming.dev 44 points 1 month ago

A real nerd would know that React is a library and HTML is a markup language, and neither are programming languages.

[–] lime@feddit.nu 33 points 1 month ago (1 children)

matlab is nobody's favourite language. although using it does require an engineering degree, which makes you a nerd.

[–] QuantumStorm@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago (6 children)

Or a physics student who wants to cry. cue thousand yard stare to freshman year in college.

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[–] Haus@kbin.earth 25 points 1 month ago (3 children)

I think simply knowing what the "F" is means you're old and a nerd.

[–] thesystemisdown@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It's still commonly used in STEM fields.

[–] TunaLobster@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

I have to take a breath whenever I find an F77 file. Prepare for a lack of objects!

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[–] kn0wmad1c@programming.dev 24 points 1 month ago (7 children)

Most of these are scripting languages. Some are even markup languages. It's like the meme creator didn't even know what a programming language was.
I hope someone got fired for that blunder

[–] gnufuu@infosec.pub 33 points 1 month ago

What your comment says about you:

You are a nerd

[–] frezik@midwest.social 15 points 1 month ago (8 children)

What's the difference between a scripting language and a programming language?

[–] nyan@lemmy.cafe 27 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Some people think that only compiled languages are true programming languages. (Needless to say, they're wrong.)

[–] Malgas@beehaw.org 10 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Needless to say, they're wrong.

Not least because there's no such thing as a "compiled" or "interpreted" language.

Which is to say that it's a property of the tooling rather than the language itself. There's nothing stopping anyone from writing a C interpreter or a Python compiler.

[–] Revan343@lemmy.ca 16 points 1 month ago

There's nothing stopping anyone from writing a C interpreter

Except god, hopefully

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[–] frezik@midwest.social 6 points 1 month ago

Yeah, once you know all the details, the distinction disappears. The term doesn't clarify understanding.

If I had to make a distinction, it'd be that scripting languages are meant to be a simple way to serve a specific niche. Things like SQL or Excel formulas. It doesn't apply to Python.

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[–] John_Blund@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 1 month ago

A scripting language is a type of programming language...

[–] double_quack@lemm.ee 6 points 1 month ago
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[–] billwashere@lemmy.world 21 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (5 children)

I am old and a nerd and I don’t see Perl on here.

Wait… is it the tiny camel at the bottom?

[–] psud@aussie.zone 9 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Yep. It has no logo of its own, so it sometimes gets identified by the animal on the O'Reilly book

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[–] gerryflap@feddit.nl 18 points 1 month ago (2 children)

No Haskell so I'm not a nerd 😎. Though from the languages I use the most (Java & Python) and other languages I enjoy (Rust, Julia) I can infer that I'm probably a bit of a nerd.

[–] Kattiydid@slrpnk.net 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I believe Haskell makes you the pope of nerds.

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[–] LeFrog@discuss.tchncs.de 17 points 1 month ago

I didn't knew that (1) Fortran has such logo and (2) I am old. Shit

[–] juliebean@lemm.ee 15 points 1 month ago (1 children)

if you have a favorite language that isn't on this, you're a super nerd.

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[–] roofuskit@lemmy.world 14 points 1 month ago

F in the chat for Fortran programmers.

[–] jawa22@lemmy.blahaj.zone 12 points 1 month ago (1 children)

No QBASIC, can not confirm.

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[–] BurningRiver@beehaw.org 11 points 1 month ago

COBOL: You’re a fucking dinosaur

[–] socsa@piefed.social 10 points 1 month ago (3 children)

As an engineer this is extremely offensive. MATLAB is for fucking tryhards.

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[–] neidu3@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Bottom right should be "You're a nerd and getting old".

Source: I was dicking around with mod_perl yesterday.

[–] DrVanNostrand@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 month ago

We can just remove the HTML5 entry all together.

[–] markovs_gun@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Matlab sucks ass no real engineers use it, only college kids.

[–] piranhaconda@mander.xyz 9 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (4 children)

I've had more than one job where Matlab was used extensively, guess my coworkers and I aren't real engineers.

I'd rather use something else, but if it's what the group already uses, fine, I'll do it

Also, I don't do a ton of true programming on it. It's a fancy calculator, and occasionally I make a GUI app with it

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[–] TunaLobster@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

So many come out of school with Matlab experience. I get them started with python. They brush me off. Then the license server goes down. Welcome to open source grasshopper! I should make a meme about this and put on my door...

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[–] jadedwench@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] PolarKraken@programming.dev 12 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] jadedwench@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Thankfully I suck at that, but holy crap it is prevelent in this industry. The alcohol abuse is cray. Doesn't help when you travel constantly. I don't travel much anymore, but the people who spend 90+% of the year in the field, while having a family, are fundamentally broken. Fun to party once in a while, but when they do this shit multiple times a week, I don't understand.

[–] PolarKraken@programming.dev 9 points 1 month ago

Couldn't agree more. Field service is one hell of a drug. Money's good, variety is fun, the chaos and travel are fun too, and you learn a lot quickly. The latter often because some or all of the mfg. plant you're visiting needs you to fix your stuff so they can run, and no one is coming to BFE to help you, lol.

But that all wears off, in time, and it starts to take a huge toll like you described. Never met a long term field service engineer with a healthy home life, or with their health in general. I got out because both of mine were crumbling, for real.

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[–] piranhaconda@mander.xyz 7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I am in fact an engineer and a nerd. Or as many of us like to call it, an enginerd

Edit: I wouldn't call Matlab my favorite though... But yes I use it. I mean, I'm on Lemmy... Like loads of users here, I like FOSS. So I'd say python is probably my favorite

[–] GooberEar@lemmy.wtf 7 points 1 month ago

Right hand to baby Jesus, I thought Kmart was basically no longer in operation, when did it become a programming language for nerds?

[–] Horrabin@programming.dev 7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Fixed! "Fotran: You are ~~old~~ dead and a nerd"

[–] 7empest@beehaw.org 6 points 1 month ago (4 children)

I use R for all sorts of bioinformatics shenanigens, and I remind myself daily I am not a nerd. Even my rows of warhammer books, minis and Corvus Corax poster confirm to me I am not a nerd..... The Emperor Protects....my code

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