Bondage-and-discipline language

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bondage-and-discipline language

Usage: n. Antonym(s): languages of choice See Also: Pascal, languages of choice

bondage-and-discipline language: n.

A language (such as Pascal, Ada, APL, or Prolog) that, though ostensibly general-purpose, is designed so as to enforce an author's theory of `right programming' even though said theory is demonstrably inadequate for systems hacking or even vanilla general-purpose programming. Often abbreviated `B&D'; thus, one may speak of things "having the B&D nature". See Pascal; oppose languages of choice.

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