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JosephRedfern on May 17, 2015 | parent | context | favorite | on: How I do my computing

What is meant by: "I did write some code in Java once, but the code was in C and Lisp (I simply happened to be in Java at the time)"?

stingraycharles on May 17, 2015 [–]

I think it's supposed to be a joke, referencing Java (the island) in Indonesia.

smitherfield on May 17, 2015 | | [–]

I assumed he meant he wrote Java that looked like (i.e. was idiomatically similar to) C or Lisp.

JosephRedfern on May 17, 2015 | | [–]

Ah, I see. Thanks.

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