Beards and programming languages

posted on 07:22 AM on Tuesday 30 July 2013

Who would have thought that the key to the popularity of a language is the size of the founders’ beards. I typically thinks about ease of expression and the ability to perform powerful tasks with concise syntax but it appears that great beards are the key to a popular language. Check out the article by wired:

http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2012/06/beard-gallery/

I especially loved the part on Cobol :-)