I note that the Python folks still think they like JPython. I wonder how long that will last?

Real programmers can write assembly code in any language.

Younger hackers are hard to classify. They're probably just as diverse as the old hackers are. We're all over the map.

To ordinary folks, conversion is not always automatic. It's something that may or may not require explicit assistance. See Billy Graham.

As pointed out in a followup, Real Perl Programmers prefer things to be visually distinct.

Many computer scientists have fallen into the trap of trying to define languages like George Orwell's Newspeak, in which it is impossible to think bad thoughts. What they end up doing is killing the creativity of programming.

Information doesn't want to be free. Information wants to be valuable.