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If Programming Languages Were Popular Romance Tropes

thecoderhaven
Better Programming
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3 min readMay 27, 2022
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Romance novels and movies simultaneously feature some of the most interesting, questionable, and stereotypical characters who are the very center of the entire narrative.

What would happen if these crucial heroes and heroines were programming languages? Which of the many popular romance tropes would each popular programming language best fit? Let’s have a look.

Python: Love at First Sight

If Python were to star in a romance movie, the plot would look a lot like Cinderella. This language is simple but timeless, so it’s no surprise every programmer falls in love in the blink of an eye.

print('Those other langauges have nothing on me.')

Fortran: Forced Proximity

Unlike Python, when it comes to Fortran, I doubt any sane human being falls in love at first sight. I mean, just look at its print statement.

program weird greeting
print *, 'Hello World'
end program weirdgreeting

The reason most of us get started with Fortran isn’t that it’s particularly intriguing or useful in industry. It’s usually because some annoying course we’re taking requires it. That…

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