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		If programming languages were religions… (higherorderfun.com)
		5 points by tswicegood on May 25, 2012 \| hide \| past \| favorite \| 3 comments

tzaman on May 25, 2012 | [–]

Programming languages ARE religions. Just check those language wars out there!

jcmhn on May 26, 2012 | | [–]

smalltalk is the Anglican Church. Historically important, but nobody really believes in it anymore.

If javascript is lisp with C's trappings, then the religious equivalent of javascript is obviously Bahai.

drallison on May 25, 2012 | [–]

And what about Javascript? Smalltalk?

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