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[QUOTE="Karl A. Krueger, post: 1730145"]
This seems like a good juncture to post my list of common myths and
misconceptions about popular programming languages.  Contributions are
welcome; flames only if they're funny.  Anyone who needs to see :) on
things to know they're meant in jest should stop reading now.

== Programming Language Myths ==

BASIC Myth:  People who learn BASIC go on to learn other languages.
Reality:  Most people who learn BASIC go on to find less nerdy ways of
          writing "Mr. Gzabowski is a lame teacher" over and over again.

C Myth:  C programs are insecure, full of buffer overflows and such.
Reality:  C programs are only insecure if written by imperfect programmers.
          Since all C programmers know that they are perfect, there's no
          problem.

COBOL Myth:  COBOL is dead.
Reality:  It stalks from out the ancient vaults of death, its putrid mind
          drawn to the blood of the living.

Forth Myth:  Forth makes no sense.
Reality:  backwards. think to have just you sense, perfect makes Forth

Java Myth:  You need Java to do business applications.
Reality:  You need Java to get a job.

Lisp Myth:  Lisp is an interpreted language.
Reality:  Lisp is COMPILED DAMMIT COMPILED!  IT'S IN THE FUCKING STANDARD!!!

Pascal Myth:  Pascal is a toy.
Reality:  Oh, wait, that is not a myth, it is true ...

Perl Myth:  Perl is impossible to read.
Reality:  You are not taking enough psychedelics.

Python Myth:  Python's only problem is the whitespace thing.
Reality:  Python's only problem is that it is fucking slow.
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