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bondage-and-discipline language


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.