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If programming languages were cars...
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vuknje
on July 9, 2007
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gibsonf1
on July 9, 2007
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I can't help but love this one:
"Lisp looks like a car, but with enough tweaking you can turn it into a pretty effective airplane or submarine."
:)
geebee
on July 10, 2007
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Ruby guesses where you want to go and drives you there. It's right about 85% of the time, and when it's wrong, the drive is still quite pleasant.
henning
on July 9, 2007
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This is the most accurate language comparison I've seen on the Internet.
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