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[–] andyli@lemmy.world 139 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (3 children)
[–] candyman337@lemmy.world 24 points 8 months ago

Good ol' Bobby Tables

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[–] Speiser0@feddit.de 82 points 8 months ago (3 children)

Yes, I'll name my child parent. This will reverse the tree, vertically.

[–] LinearArray@programming.dev 12 points 8 months ago

It's Sims 2 all over again.

[–] kibiz0r@midwest.social 11 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

And if they settle on they/them pronouns, you could have an inverted non-binary tree.

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[–] JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee 69 points 8 months ago (1 children)

What about Alice, Bob, and Eve?

[–] rockSlayer@lemmy.world 37 points 8 months ago (2 children)

They're currently shaking hands and too busy to let us borrow their names

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[–] somegeek@programming.dev 52 points 8 months ago (2 children)

I love you so much NullPointerException

[–] astraeus@programming.dev 20 points 8 months ago

Oh no, we’ve lost NaN again!

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[–] iAvicenna@lemmy.world 40 points 8 months ago (3 children)

fun fact elif is a legit girl name in Turkish

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[–] lugal@sopuli.xyz 35 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (4 children)

"Pointer, where are you?" Points at Parent, my other child

[–] over_clox@lemmy.world 9 points 8 months ago

OOP issues LOL!

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[–] technom@programming.dev 33 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Why no Ada or Janet? Or Haskell or Idris?

[–] Tja@programming.dev 9 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Ada is in fact named after a person, thus completing the circle.

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[–] alyth@lemmy.world 32 points 8 months ago

Elif is a feminine Turkish name :)

[–] peyotecosmico@programming.dev 28 points 8 months ago (1 children)

You know, OOP in Spanish translates as "Programación orientada a objetos" or POO in case you need it

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[–] Dehydrated@lemmy.world 27 points 8 months ago

"Yo shut the fuck up Linked list, you're annoying as hell"

[–] Railison@aussie.zone 26 points 8 months ago

Little baby FORTRAN

[–] mstrk@lemmy.world 26 points 8 months ago (1 children)

A friend of mine named his dog Byte. The dog is very playful, and has the habit of running in the direction of other people he meets.

When the dog does that my friend tries to call him back shouting: "BYTE!! BYTE!!". People get really scared when this happens 😂

Okay, not so funny if you are the one being approached by the dog.

[–] Ashen44@lemmy.ca 12 points 8 months ago

That's probably a little unethical but the mental image is absolutely hilarious.

[–] geogle@lemmy.world 24 points 8 months ago (4 children)

Meet my kids, Sed and Awk.

[–] Alfi@sh.itjust.works 19 points 8 months ago

And my dog, Cat.

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[–] Asudox@lemmy.world 22 points 8 months ago (4 children)

"child" seems to be enough. short and concise.

[–] zerofk@lemm.ee 10 points 8 months ago

“Slave” works too.

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[–] butmingus@lemm.ee 22 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Definitely naming my next dog Byte.

Edit: Petabyte!

[–] NegativeLookBehind@lemmy.world 21 points 8 months ago
[–] FrostyCaveman@lemm.ee 19 points 8 months ago

Ah yes Julia, an unreasonably effective name to give your child

[–] lemmytellyousomething@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

Just name your child Linus like we all do...

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[–] TruthAintEasy@kbin.social 16 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Just name the kid Basic, hardly worse than the Trahgedhieghs running around today

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[–] ParsnipWitch@feddit.de 16 points 8 months ago

How could they forget Pascal :/

[–] SonicBlue03@sh.itjust.works 16 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (2 children)

This reminded me I haven't heard from my uncle Foo Bar in a while. (He spells it Fubar)

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[–] Diplomjodler@feddit.de 14 points 8 months ago (2 children)

As a Python programmer I'll have to name my child Dictionary, of course.

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[–] shotgun_crab@lemmy.world 14 points 8 months ago

Oh yes, OOP, the namest of names

[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 13 points 8 months ago (9 children)

Zig missing from the list is sad for very old meme reasons, too.

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[–] Lemminary@lemmy.world 11 points 8 months ago (2 children)

I'm naming mine 1337Code jr

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[–] nxdefiant@startrek.website 11 points 8 months ago (3 children)

I'm naming my mid Iron Python and there's nothing you can do to stop me.

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[–] Alexstarfire@lemmy.world 11 points 8 months ago

Nothing beats Bobby Tables.

[–] milliams@lemmy.world 10 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

I like "Vectoria".

[–] bandwidthcrisis@lemmy.world 10 points 8 months ago
[–] librecat@lemmy.basedcount.com 9 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Naming ~~things~~ kids is the hardest part of programming.

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[–] awake01@lemmy.world 9 points 8 months ago (1 children)
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[–] De_Narm@lemmy.world 9 points 8 months ago (3 children)

Haskell? Curry? Maybe even Brooks.

[–] nifty@lemmy.world 12 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Haskell is an awesome name for a baby

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[–] waz@lemmy.world 8 points 8 months ago

This reminds me of an article I read about a guy whose last name was Null.

This isn't it but is the first one I found when looking.

https://www.wired.com/2015/11/null/

The story is pretty much what you would expect but still an amusing read.

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