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		Java: Don’t worry about unnecessary details.
  C++: It’s important to worry about details.
  C: If it works, don’t fix it.
  Rust: If it works, fix it anyway.
  Assembly Language: Worry about microseconds, not your finite lifespan.
  Perl: The Wild West in text processing form.
  Python: The Netherlands in text processing form.
  Ruby: Easy to understand, especially after the first five years.
  Scala: Do you find ordinary programming languages too easy? Try Scala.
  Haskell: Do you find Scala too easy? Try Haskell.
  Erlang: I fancy a sequential subset. Would anyone else like a sequential subset?
  Cobol: Do you find ordinary programming languages too exciting? Try Cobol.
  ActionScript: Let’s not be too hasty to write off the Titanic.
  Javascript: You can run but you can’t hide.
  CoffeeScript: Maybe we can hide?
  C#: Probably not everything Microsoft does is bad.
  Swift: Probably not everything Apple does is good.
  Awk: Recapture your nostalgia for the late 1970s.
  Fortran: Recapture your nostalgia for the 1950s.
  PHP: Because sometimes you need to compromise your principles.
  Basic: Everyone’s got to start somewhere.
  Pascal: You can use a proper language when you finish your course.
  Kotlin: Damn those Oracle guys with their so-called Java.
  Go: We know you hate C++. Here’s the answer.
  Smalltalk: Surely we can’t just throw it away?
  Lisp: Because life’s too short to learn new programming languages.
  Ada: We can’t have planes crashing now, can we?
  R: It’s important. One day scientists will figure out why.
  PL/SQL: Because every life must include some suffering.
  CSound: Make any kind of music you like, as long as it’s awful.
  Visual Basic: I think I felt a pulse?
	
	
	
	 
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