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• The connection between the language in which we think/program and the problems and solutions we can imagine is very close.
  For this reason restricting language features with the intent of eliminating programmer errors is at best dangerous....
• The connection between the language in which we think/program and the problems and solutions we can imagine is very close.
  For this reason restricting language features with the intent of eliminating programmer errors is at best dangerous....
• BCPL // n. [abbreviation, `Basic Combined Programming Language') A programming language developed by Martin Richards in Cambridge in 1967.
  It is remarkable for its rich syntax, small size of compiler (it can be run in 16k) and extreme portability....
• oy language n. A language useful for instructional purposes or as a proof-of-concept for some aspect of computer-science theory, but inadequate for general-purpose programming.
  Bad Things can result when a toy language is promoted as a general purpose solution for programming (see bondage-and-discipline language)...
• oy language: n. A language useful for instructional purposes or as a proof-of-concept for some aspect of computer-science theory, but inadequate for general-purpose programming.
  {Bad Thing}s can result when a toy language is promoted as a general purpose solution for programming (see {bondage-and-discipline language})...
• Quote #5 Here is a classic example of a language feature which combines danger to the programmer with difficulty for the implementor.
  -- C.A.R. Hoare, "Hints on programming language design" [ STAN-CS-73-403 (AIM-224), p....
• Friendship is neither transitive nor inherited. -- Bjarne Stroustrup, The C++ Programming Language
• Java An object-oriented language originally developed at Sun by James Gosling (and known by the name "Oak") with the intention of being the successor to C++ (the project was however originally sold to Sun as an embedded language for use in set-top boxes).
  After the great Internet explosion of 1993-1994, Java was hacked into a byte-interpreted language and became the focus of a relentless hype campaign by Sun, which touted it as the new language of choice for distributed applications....
• C: Short for "chutzpah", a quality needed before tacling even the more simplest program with this language.
  C is also the symbol for the speed of light, but that has absolutely nothing to do with how quickly one can learn or use the language....