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• Real programmers don't write in PASCAL, or BLISS, or ADA, or any of these pinky computer science languages.
  Strong typing is for people with weak memories....
• Real computer scientists admire ADA for its overwhelming aesthetic value but they find it difficult to actually program in it, as it is much too large to implement.
  Most computer scientists don't notice this because they are still arguing over what else to add to ADA....
• Real programmers admire ADA for its overwhelming aesthetic value but they find it difficult to actually program in it, as it is much too large to implement.
  Most computer scientists don't notice this because they are still arguing over what else to add to ADA....
• Real software engineers regret the existence of COBOL, FORTRAN, and BASIC.
  PL/1 is getting there, but it is not nearly disciplined enough...
• In his book titled "Quick C", Al Stevens gives us a quick rundown on the origin, purpose and usefulness of so many programming languages.
  COBOL was designed so that managers could read code....
• Ada is PL/I trying to be Smalltalk. -- Codoso diBlini