<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[Buttle&#039;s World]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[https://buttle.wordpress.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[clgood]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://buttle.wordpress.com/author/buttle/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[If programming languages were&nbsp;religions]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.aegisub.net/2008/12/if-programming-languages-were-religions.html" target="_blank">Lisp would be Zen Buddhism</a>.</p>
<p>A couple of other favorites:</p>
<blockquote><p><strong>Perl</strong> would be <strong>Voodoo</strong> &#8211; An incomprehensible series of arcane incantations that involve the blood of goats and permanently corrupt your soul. Often used when your boss requires you to do an urgent task at 21:00 on friday night.</p></blockquote>
<blockquote><p><strong>APL</strong> would be <strong>Scientology</strong> &#8211; There are many people who claim to follow it, but you&#8217;ve always suspected that it&#8217;s a huge and elaborate prank that got out of control.</p></blockquote>
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