What's a chicken's favorite programming language?
JavaScript. It has a lot of promises, and none of them hatch on time.
Joke analysis
Technique: Tech reference. The humor depends on a shared piece of technical knowledge. If you know it, you laugh. If you do not, you nod politely at a chicken.
Our panel of humor specialists, all of them hens, scored this one 4 out of 5 on the groan scale. 🥚🥚🥚🥚🥚
Reception
3,323 readers groaned. 234 chuckled. Zero foxes reported laughing.
Best told at
Code review comments, or pull request descriptions. Do not tell during a rooster crowing contest.
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