If programming languages were vehicles, what would they look like? (machinegestalt.posterous.com) 20 points by NathanRice 14y ago ↗ HN
[–] chops 14y ago ↗ Light and amusing (as one would expect from the title).I chortled at Haskell.I'm struggling to think of a vehicular parallel to Erlang.Maybe the Bluesmobile with the megaphone on the top? Sends messages and survives many crashes? [–] _pdeschen 14y ago ↗ I think a ghostbusters kindof ambulance would suit better. It can go really fast in urgent situations but it looks weird and not everyone can drive it.http://images2.makefive.com/images/entertainment/other/top-5... [–] chops 14y ago ↗ Erlang: Dan Aykroyd drives it!
[–] _pdeschen 14y ago ↗ I think a ghostbusters kindof ambulance would suit better. It can go really fast in urgent situations but it looks weird and not everyone can drive it.http://images2.makefive.com/images/entertainment/other/top-5... [–] chops 14y ago ↗ Erlang: Dan Aykroyd drives it!
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[ 3.1 ms ] story [ 18.5 ms ] threadI chortled at Haskell.
I'm struggling to think of a vehicular parallel to Erlang.
Maybe the Bluesmobile with the megaphone on the top? Sends messages and survives many crashes?
http://images2.makefive.com/images/entertainment/other/top-5...