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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>bondage-and-discipline language</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../B.html" title="B"/><link rel="previous" href="bomb.html" title="bomb"/><link rel="next" href="bonk-oif.html" title="bonk/oif"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">bondage-and-discipline language</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="bomb.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">B</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="bonk-oif.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="bondage-and-discipline-language"/><dt xmlns="" id="bondage-and-discipline-language"><b>bondage-and-discipline language</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> A language (such as <a href="../P/Pascal.html"><i class="glossterm">Pascal</i></a>, Ada, APL, or
Prolog) that, though ostensibly general-purpose, is designed so as to
enforce an author's theory of &#8216;right programming&#8217; even though
said theory is demonstrably inadequate for systems hacking or even vanilla
general-purpose programming. Often abbreviated &#8216;B&amp;D&#8217;;
thus, one may speak of things &#8220;<span class="quote">having the B&amp;D nature</span>&#8221;.
See <a href="../P/Pascal.html"><i class="glossterm">Pascal</i></a>; oppose <a href="../L/languages-of-choice.html"><i class="glossterm">languages of
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