bondage-and-discipline language

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bondage-and-discipline language - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  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.  Compare languages of choice.
  
     [Jargon File]
  
     (1996-01-05)
  

bondage-and-discipline language - Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003) :

  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.