There are plenty of terrible programming languages. Programming languages are designed to solve problems, so a language that fails to solve any problems (or sol

There are plenty of terrible programming languages. Programming languages are designed to solve problems, so a language that fails to solve any problems (or solves only a very specific problem with limited application) fades into obscurity - it still exists though, and is still bad. Searching thedailywtf.com for the term "proprietary language" comes up with some fun stories (MUMPS, Labview, etc). Having taken a compiler design course in college which involved attempting to create a simple proprietary language, I can attest that attempting to write a programming language will result in bad far more often than good. The halls of any computer science program are littered with terrible language experiments that barely function, mine included. To extend the chef analogy the author uses; a good chef may be able to make a palatable dish out of rotten meat (isn't that what curry was invented for?), but the meat is still rotten.