DCL[1]: scripting builds on a long obsolete version of OpenVMS which doesn't even support command line piping, on half-baked Alpha servers loaded via 130mm magn

DCL[1]: scripting builds on a long obsolete version of OpenVMS which doesn't even support command line piping, on half-baked Alpha servers loaded via 130mm magneto-optical drives over SCSI for hardware test programs written in... ATLAS[2]: an utterly repulsive, "self-documenting" language designed specifically for test applications, which has somehow managed to outlive the demise of its guiding IEEE standards committee to the dismay of many a aspiring young engineer. Paradigms include 20+ token statements as a sensible method to toggle a switch best described as abusive by certain alumni of aforementioned committee; proliferation of subsets which aren't even notionally interoperable because it makes people feel special; and nerfing canonical features related to trivial GPIO control only to adopt a proprietary language such as... L200[3]: because languages are always fun when comma delimiters are strictly optional most of the time, and it's easier to metaprogram an application than to actually write it. Build/runtime/debug environment is also fun when it's technically an obsolete filesystem emulator executed by an obsolete OS running on an obsolete hardware architecture whose performance[4] pales in comparison to a 1st generation RPi. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DIGITAL_Command_Language https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DIGITAL_Command_Language [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abbreviated_Test_Language_for_All_Systems https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abbreviated_Test_Language_for_... [3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teradyne https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teradyne [4] http://xkcd.com/303/ http://xkcd.com/303/