Slug Cola - Losing Big Is Easy

What makes a programming language successful?

An humorous perspective on A Nickel's Worth.

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So that's why brainfuck isn't used more often!

:)

Of course, there's more to marketing than picking a cool name.

One wonders if Slug Cola ever contained cocaine as an ingredient.

The Volkswagon Lisp

I have often thought the same, but I wonder whether a good name is a cause for a success, or just a correlation.

The above led me to The Volkswagon Lisp, which I presume is an LtU classic, but I hadn't seen it before. The second image down is brilliant.

I don't recall seeing this

I don't recall seeing this before. Thanks!