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Developer Names

After talking with a friend, we started debating the names given to programmers who develop in different languages. Here are some of the gems:

• Go
  • go-nut
  • Gopher
• Python
  • Pythonista (The well-known one)
  • Pythonisto (‘Isn’t “-a” the feminine form in many languages?’)
  • Slytherin
• C++
  • Victim
  • Sacred Bearded One
  • Bjarne Stroustrup
• D
  • D-velopers
• Haskell
  • Haskellite
  • turbonerd
• Perl
  • Perl monk
  • RNG (“What’s the difference between a Perl Monk and an RNG?” “What?” “A beard”)
  • Masochist
• Java
  • Coffee Addict
  • Jittery m-f
  • Grinder
  • Noun Cartographer
• Ruby
  • Gemcarver
  • Miner

These are all meant as jokes, no offense is meant.