ALGOL 60: An Austin Mini. Boy that's a small car.
ALGOL 68: An Aston Martin. An impressive car but not just anyone
can drive it.
APL: A double-decker bus. It takes rows and columns of passengers
to the same place all at the same time but it drives only in
reverse and is instrumented in Greek.
Assembler: A formula I race car. Very fast but difficult to drive
and maintain.
BASIC: A second-hand Tambler with a rebuilt engine and patched
upholstery. You dad bought it for you to learn to drive. You'll
ditch it as soon as you can afford a new one.
C: A black Firebird; the all macho car. Comes with optional
seatbelt (lint) and optional fuzz buster (escape to assembler).
COBOL: A delivery van. It's bulky and ugly but it does the work.
FORTH: A go-cart.
FORTRAN II: A Model T Ford. Once it was the king of the road.
FORTRAN IV: A Model A Ford.
FORTRAN 77: A six-cylinder Ford Fairlane with standard
transmission and no seat belts.
LISP: An electric car. It's simple but slow. Seat belts are not
available.
LOGO: A Kiddies replica of a Rolls Royce. Comes with a real
engine and a working horn.
Maple/MACSYMS: All-terrain vehicles.
Modula II: A Volkswagen Rabbit with a trailer hitch.
Pascal: A Volkswagen Beetle. It's small but sturdy. Was once
popular with intellectual types.
PL/I: A Cadillac convertible with automatic transmission, a
two-toned paint job, white-wall tires, chrome exhaust pipes, and
fuzzy dice hanging in the windshield.
PROLOG/LUCID: Prototype concept cars.