Python
Python © Randall Munroe · xkcd · CC BY-NC 2.5
Why it lands
Python took the joke literally: `import antigravity` is a real module in the standard library, and importing it opens this comic in a web browser. The strip is also a time capsule. `print "Hello, world!"` is Python 2; in Python 3, print is a function and needs parentheses.
Transcript
- PYTHON!
- YOU'RE FLYING! HOW?
- I LEARNED IT LAST NIGHT! EVERYTHING IS SO SIMPLE!
- HELLO WORLD IS JUST print "Hello, world!"
- I DUNNO... DYNAMIC TYPING? WHITESPACE?
- COME JOIN US! PROGRAMMING IS FUN AGAIN! IT'S A WHOLE NEW WORLD UP HERE!
- BUT HOW ARE YOU FLYING?
- I JUST TYPED import antigravity
- THAT'S IT?
- ... I ALSO SAMPLED EVERYTHING IN THE MEDICINE CABINET FOR COMPARISON.
- BUT I THINK THIS IS THE PYTHON.
Credits
- Original
- Python — Randall Munroe, xkcd
- Image file
- imgs.xkcd.com/comics/python.png
- License
- CC BY-NC 2.5
The English page shows the original image unmodified. The Japanese page shows an adaptation by wtfe²: the lettering was erased from the art and replaced with a Japanese translation. The adaptation is shared under the same license as the original.