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What's the Coolest Coding Language Name?

Ben Halpern on May 16, 2023

Coding languages receive their names from a variety of sources, such as: Inventor's Name Descriptive Names Acronyms Inspiration from Existing Lan...
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Matt Ellen-Tsivintzeli

CHILL must be the winner 😁

In computing, CHILL is a procedural programming language designed for use in telecommunication switches. The language is still used for legacy systems in some telecommunication companies and for signal box programming.

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Ben Halpern

I always liked Rust, for whatever reason.

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Jimmy McBride

I Love Rust too! Favorite systems language for sure. I really hope to see the growth of gaming frameworks like Bevy into full fledged game engine GUI's. Until then, I'll just keep playing with Kotlin in Godot.

I'm not a part of or affiliated with the Rust development team.

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Karan Gandhi

Brainfuck,

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Eljay-Adobe • Edited

To protect my prigish sensibilities, I prefer to censor that word to B****fuck so as not to offend anyone.

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Erin Bensinger

πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚

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Karan Gandhi

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Carlos Heryhelder

Coffeescript. Because of coffee, of course

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Juan F Gonzalez

Flutter is much better name than Dart imo.

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Jakub T. Jankiewicz

How about LIPS

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Scheme based powerful lisp interpreter in JavaScript

LIPS - Scheme Based Powerful Lisp Language

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LIPS is a powerful Scheme-based, Lisp language written in JavaScript It is based on the Scheme dialect of lisp and the R5RS/R7RS specifications. It has extensions to make it easier to interact with JavaScript and extend the language. It work both in the browser and with Node.js.

The aim of the project is to support full R7RS specification and be compatible with Scheme programming language.

The name is a recursive acronym which stands for LIPS Is Pretty Simple.

Demo

Web REPL Demo

Features

  • Literal regular expression.
  • Asynchronous execution (auto resolving of promises).
  • Possibility to add new syntax (similar to vectors and object).
  • Numerical tower and Big Integer support.
  • Powerful introspection.
  • Great integration with JavaScript.
  • Auto formatting lisp of code (pretty print)
  • Lisp and hygienic Scheme macros and macroexpand.
  • Builtin help system.

Installation

To install you can use npm (or yarn)
NOTE: The version that is on NPM is…

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Jean-Michel πŸ•΅πŸ»β€β™‚οΈ Fayard

Ruby is a shiny and friendly name

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Phil Ashby

For those interested in widening their knowledge of just how many languages there are:

99-bottles-of-beer.net/

..which holds the archives for programs in 1500 languages that all run the same algorithm: singing the 99 bottles of beer song... try not to get lost!

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Phil Ashby

..my personal favourite language name: Scheme (steeples fingers and grins wryly at the camera)

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Erin Bensinger

Elixir. Always reminds me of the Potion Seller πŸ§ͺ

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Juan F Gonzalez

Elixir of knowledge. πŸ€“

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Jared Nielsen

R: Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian.

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NLxDoDge

Holy C ✝😎

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Jared Odulio

FORTRAN , short for Formula Translation

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rahul kurup

I like lang names C, R etc... As if they didn't even put effort to properly name the language at all.

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Eljay-Adobe

All the single letters have been taken by single letter programming languages.

beza1e1.tuxen.de/one_letter_progla...

Fortunately, now we have Unicode with a whole new selection of single letter programming languages that will be impossible to Google for on the interwebs.

If I make my own programming language, I'm going to name it after the famous pianist Lang Lang. So the Reddit forum will be langlanglang.

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Jean-Michel πŸ•΅πŸ»β€β™‚οΈ Fayard • Edited

πŸ€” will be how I call my programming language.

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Phil Ashby

I'm bagging πŸ™ƒ

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Riccardo Bernardini

It seems to me that so far none cited Monicelli, after the director of Amici Miei. You program using the nonsense expressions used in the movie.

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George

The "coolest" coding language name is subjective and can vary from person to person. However, here are a few coding language names that are often considered interesting or unique:

Python: Known for its simplicity and readability, the name "Python" has a cool and intriguing association with the snake species.
Ruby: The name "Ruby" evokes a sense of elegance and beauty, making it an attractive choice for some developers.
JavaScript: With "Java" in its name, JavaScript carries a sense of familiarity and popularity. It is widely used for web development and has a vibrant community.
Go: The name "Go" suggests speed, efficiency, and a straightforward approach to programming, making it appealing to developers.
Rust: "Rust" brings to mind a sense of strength and resilience. The language is known for its memory safety and low-level control.
Remember, the "coolness" of a coding language extends beyond just its name. Factors such as its features, community support, and industry adoption are also essential considerations.
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Bas

that would be RAGE!!!

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Victor Ribeiro Boechat

I choose Python as coolest coding language name, because it clearly refers to a real life snake with the same name: "Python".

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Nwosa Tochukwu

Python is cool... πŸ˜‰

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Hiro

PYTHON is the most powerful name which matches its function!!! 🐍🐍🐍
dictionary.com/browse/python#:~:te....

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Asanka

BASIC

It's neat, it's basic.
PS. I know I'm late to this party πŸ˜…

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Henry Woody

FLOW-MATIC for me

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Chris Jarvis

I like the name Jade. Just sounds cool.

Python due to the Monty Python reference.

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Giulio "Joshi"

Algol

never used it, but I find cool that a same name star does exists out there. πŸ˜‰

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Merry Paul

This website is really well done! Happy I saw this on Google.
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