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• languages of choice n. C, C++, LISP, and Perl.
  Nearly every hacker knows one of C or LISP, and most good ones are fluent in both....
• languages of choice: n. {C} and {LISP}. Nearly every hacker knows one of these, and most good ones are fluent in both.
  Smalltalk and Prolog are also popular in small but influential communities....
• Real software engineers don't debug programs, they verify correctness.
  This process doesn't necessarily involve execution of anything on a computer, except perhaps a Correctness Verification Aid package....
• Real software engineers regret the existence of COBOL, FORTRAN, and BASIC.
  PL/1 is getting there, but it is not nearly disciplined enough...
• FORTRAN... Then, as now, the language used by scientists with real problems.
• Computer scientists can do anything except chemistry and accounting, and that is by choice.