How to write a programming novel

How to write a programming novel?

  • Cover: CSS
  • Copyright Page: GNU GPLv3
  • Intentionally Blank Page: Whitespace
  • Notes For The Second Edition: Kotlin
  • Notes for The First Edition: Java
  • Front Matter: Markdown
  • Dedication: Rust
  • Prologue: Prolog
  • Chapter 1: C
  • Chapter 2: C++
  • Chapter 3: C3
  • Chapter 4: Forth
  • Pull Quotes: Git
  • Unexpected Sex Scene: LaTeX
  • Dream Sequence: APL
  • Cliffhanger Ending: Python 2
  • Index: IndexedDB
  • Errata: PHP
  • Sequel: SQL
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8 Comments

OhStopYellingAtMe@lemmy.world · 21 pts · 1y

Back-cover synopsis: Swift

agless@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 1y (1 reply)

The fine print: C#

sebastiancarlos@lemmy.sdf.org · 1 pts · 1y

Brilliant!

perishthethought@lemm.ee · 8 pts · 1y (2 replies)

I tried to think of something funny to add to this, but all I could think of was "javascript".

YMS@discuss.tchncs.de · 4 pts · 1y

Well, in the world of esoteric candidates, there would be some easy ones, like Brainfuck or Shakespeare, but maybe Whitespace is enough of them in the list.

entropicdrift@lemmy.sdf.org · 3 pts · 1y

The Movie Adaptation: Javascript

biggerbogboy@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 1y

The awakening: holyC

lord_ryvan@ttrpg.network · 3 pts · 1y

Errata: PHP

That hurts.

But yes.

Ember_Rising@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 1y
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