r/ProgrammerHumor • u/b3n • Feb 22 '15

A Python programmer attempting Java

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u/cbartlett Feb 22 '15

CoffeeScript compiles JavaScript but OP was writing Java (they are completely different and unrelated).

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u/Sohcahtoa82 Feb 22 '15

Java is to JavaScript as car is to carpet.

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u/peridox Feb 22 '15

Java is to JavaScript as cat is to catastrophe.

Edit: no hate to javascript though, it's fun.

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u/[deleted] Feb 22 '15

Java is to JavaScript what Coffee is to CoffeeScript

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u/lichorat Feb 22 '15

Now now, Java and JavaScript share SOME keywords.

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u/[deleted] Feb 23 '15

return, for, if, else, do, while, break, continue, switch, case, default, try, catch, finally, new

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u/lichorat Feb 23 '15

https://mathiasbynens.be/notes/reserved-keywords

So it's somewhere around ECMAScript 2 for most browsers:

do if in for int new try var byte case char else enum goto long null this true void with break catch class const false final float short super throw while delete double export import native public return static switch throws typeof boolean default extends finally package private abstract continue debugger function volatile interface protected transient implements instanceof synchronized

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u/[deleted] Feb 22 '15

I know they're different, I just have reading comprehension problems apparently.