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OHO's World Cup of Programming Languages
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World Cup fever is gripping the Oho Group harder than the panic currently gripping Budweiser’s sponsorships team, with the eve of the tournament just hours away.
We’ve highlighted sixteen (a classic 11 + 5 subs) players that look set to light up the tournament, and asked ourselves: if they were a programming language, which would they be?
Player: Lionel Messi
Nation: Argentina
Language: Python
Been around forever. The greatest of all time?
Player: Cristiano Ronaldo
Nation: Portugal
Language: Java
The big-name alternative. Had major success wearing 7, but has attracted his fair share of lawsuits. Even his staunchest fans losing patience with him these days
Player: Neymar
Nation: Brazil
Language: Go
As in, “Goes down a bit too easily”
Player: Christien Eriksen
Nation: Denmark
Language: Lua
Seen a massive revival since last year
Player: Jesus Ferreira
Nation: USA
Language: Ada
Named after an iconic figure
Player: Mohammed Kudus
Nation: Ghana
Language: Javascript
Extremely versatile - makes things happen from just about anywhere. Normally found near the front end but helps out towards the back too
Player: Son Heung-Min
Nation: South Korea
Language: C#
Although, having fractured his eye socket just before the tournament, maybe he can’t?
Player: Antonio Rudiger
Nation: Germany
Language: Swift
Player: Granit Xhaka
Nation: Switzerland
Language: Bash
As in, “Bashing up the opposition”
Player: Kalidou Koulibaly
Nation: Senegal
Language: C
A rock-solid performer, underpins everything his team does
Player: Kevin de Bruyne
Nation: Belgium
Language: Scala
Famous for his elegant, threaded passes; an all-round, highly functional player
Player: Xherdan Shaqiri
Nation: Switzerland
Language: X++
You can’t help but wonder what the ‘X’ is doing there
Player: Kylian Mbappé
Nation: France
Language: SQL
He’ll always be asking the question
Player: Cody Gakpo
Nation: Netherlands
Language: Rust
Has been on the rise for some time, but people are finally starting to see what he’s all about
Player: Guillermo Ochoa
Nation: Mexico
Language: C++
Trusty, reliable, a safe pair of hands
Player: Trent Alexander-Arnold
Nation: England
Language: HTML
Not very effective on the back end