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Java is easy - named after the coffee beans of the coffee they used to drink... CVS (noticed already mentioned by a sibling comment) is just an abbreviation.

by xxs 10mo ago

Java is easy - named after the coffee beans of the coffee they used to drink... CVS (noticed already mentioned by a sibling comment) is just an abbreviation. Python - well Monty Python

necovek 10mo ago
Yes, I am simply highlighting that programmers have not used descriptive names consistently... well, ever (reinforcing the point the GP made). The entire premise of the OP is simply wrong.
eloisant 10mo ago
Java was originally called Oak but its creator because he could see an oak from his office, but marketing people at Sun thought Java would be more catchy. Yes it's named after coffee beans, but it has no relation whatsoever to the language or the way it was created, it's just a marketing name.
- yard2010 10mo ago
  Imagine a parallel world in which Java is called Oak and it's actually nice from inception, not just like nice after decades.
  - xxs 10mo ago
    compared to C, java was quite nice
- xp84 10mo ago
  I can totally see how that was an obvious decision in the 90s, the coffee shop craze was just taking hold in America, and it was such an exciting and fashionable thing to do to sip espressos and lattes.
- gilcot 10mo ago
  And before the rise of heavy IDE, you need some coffee to write all those SomeObscureWord.longLongStuf.notSoShortOne.LastSentence()