It's almost a pity no one else has mentioned the classic Tao of Programming by Geoffrey James:
http://www.canonical.org/~kragen/tao-of-programming.html
A bit dated now, and it looks like ESR has improved on the concept considerably, but this little classic will always be my favorite:
"Each language has its place within the Tao.
But do not program in Cobol if you can avoid it."
It's almost a pity no one else has mentioned the classic Tao of Programming by Geoffrey James:
http://www.canonical.org/~kragen/tao-of-programming.html
A bit dated now, and it looks like ESR has improved on the concept considerably, but this little classic will always be my favorite:
"Each language has its place within the Tao.
But do not program in Cobol if you can avoid it."