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If programming languages were cars... (caltech.edu)
14 points by vuknje on July 9, 2007 | hide | past | favorite | 3 comments



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." :)


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.


This is the most accurate language comparison I've seen on the Internet.




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