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		anyfoo on April 5, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why the name? While a lot of the names have humorous origins, I don't see the humor in this particular entry at all? Can you explain?

qu4z-2 on April 6, 2015 | [–]

I was amused that they introduce it as a "[b]ackwards-[c]ompatible [b]yte-[c]ode interpreter". Not sure whether that's what the GP meant.

anyfoo on April 12, 2015 | | [–]

Ouch, didn't notice. Thanks.

sukilot on April 6, 2015 | [–]

Backwards Compatible

Byte Code

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