bondage-and-discipline language: n. 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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