An army green Mercedes-Benz staff car. Power steering, power brakes and
automatic transmission are all standard.
Algol60:
An Austin mini. Boy that's a small car.
Algol68:
An Austin Martin. An impressive car, but not just anyone can drive it.
Apl:
A double-decker bus. It takes rows and columns of passengers to the same
place all at the same time but it drives only in reverse gear and is
instrumented in Greek.
Assembler:
A formula I race car. Very fast to drive and expensive to maintain.
Basic:
A second hand rambler with a rebuilt engine and patched upholstery. Your
dad bought it for you to learn to drive. You'll ditch the car as soon as you
can afford a new one.
C:
A black firebird, the all macho car, comes with optional seat belts (lint)
and optional fuzz buster (escape to assembler).
Cobol:
A delivery van. It's bulky and ugly but it does the work.
Forth:
A go cart.
Fortran II:
A model T Ford. Once it was king of the road.
Fortran IV:
Model A Ford.
Fortran 77:
A six cylinder Ford Fairlane with standard transmission and no seat belts.
Lisp:
An electric car. It's simple but slow, seat belts are not available.
Logo:
A kiddie's replica of a Rolls Royce. Comes with a real engine and a
working horn.
Maple/Macsyma:
All terrain vehicles.
ML:
An old Volvo with two carburetors. It starts but consumes a lot of fuel.
Modula II:
A Volkswagon Rabbit with a trailer hitch.
Pascal:
A Volkswagon Beetle. It's small but sturdy. Was once
popular with intellectuals.
PL/1:
A Cadillac convertible with automatic transmission, a two tone paint job,
white-wall tires, chrome exhaust pipes, and fuzzy dice hanging in the wind
shield.
