Bondage-and-discipline Language: A Language (such As {{Pascal}}

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:bondage-and-discipline language: 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}.
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary

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