A language (such as {Pascal}, Ada, APL, or Prolog) that, though
ostensibly general-purpose, is designed so as to enforce an author's
theory of `right programming' even though said theory is demonstrably
inadequate for systems hacking or even vanilla general-purpose
programming. Often abbreviated `B&D'; thus, one may speak of things
"having the B&D nature". See {Pascal}; oppose {languages of choice}.
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