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QOTD

Jim Hugunin, on a foreword to Essential Python.

“The purpose of a programming language is to let software developers express their intentions as simply and directly as possible.”

Taken from Story of Jython, which is a great 1 page read.

As of now, here is my language ratings according to this definition.

1. Python - for general programming
2. ReBOL - for network programming
3. Bash (Bourne Again Shell) - don't flame me, but it lets me express my intentions - though pre-determined somewhat!
4. Java, C# - these let me ignore some finer points of C, but still forces me to express my intentions using their translation.
5. C