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- Programming languages are like cars
- Assembler: A formula I race car. Very fast but difficult to drive and maintain.
- FORTRAN II: A Model T Ford. Once it was the king of the road.
- FORTRAN IV: A Model A Ford.
- FORTRAN 77: a six-cylinder Ford Fairlane with standard transmission and no seat belts.
- COBOL: A delivery van. It’s bulky and ugly but it does the work.
- BASIC: A second-hand Rambler with a rebuilt engine and patched upholstery. Your dad bought it for you to learn to drive. You’ll ditch it as soon as you can afford a new one.
- PL/I: A Cadillac convertible with automatic transmission, a two-tone paint job, white-wall tires, chrome exhaust pipes, and fuzzy dice hanging in the windshield.
- C++: A black Firebird, the all macho car. Comes with optional seatbelt (lint) and optional fuzz buster (escape to assembler).
- ALGOL 60: An Austin Mini. Boy that’s a small car.
- ALGOL 68: An Aston Martin. An impressive car but not just anyone can drive it.
- Pascal: A Volkswagon Beetle. It’s small but sturdy. Was once popular with intellectual types.
- LISP: An electric car. It’s simple but slow. Seat belts are not available.
- PROLOG/LUCID: Prototype concept cars.
- FORTH: A go-cart.
- LOGO: A kiddie’s replica of a Rolls Royce. Comes with a real engine and a working horn.
- APL: A double-decker bus. It takes rows and columns of passengers to the same place all at the same time but it drives only in reverse and is instrumented in Greek.
- Ada: An army-green Mercedes-Benz staff car. Power steering, power brakes, and automatic transmission are standard. No other colors or options are available. If it’s good enough for generals, it’s good enough for you.
- Java: All-terrain very slow vehicle.
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