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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] 72 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

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] 8 points 6 months ago

Gleamlins: Gleam
Alchemists: Elixir

[-] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

Gleamons

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