[ImJustAnotherOkie]

I didn't see Python. I like it. Javascript is pretty crazy. A language only a liberal could love, no rules, scatter crap all over the place and see what happens.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Java should be at the top of the list. It’s just plain evil.

[Paladin2]

I’m thinkin’ the worst language scourge is that promulgated in the Federal Register.

[No One Special]

Yes, we will ask the government to outlaw speech whichis exactly what this does.

[ronnietherocket3]

While we are at it, can we ban COBOL?

I do have sympathy for banning Javascript. Too many websites that I go to have too much crap that moves all over the place or their use of javascript allows them to make the webpage impossible to navigate and find information. This is one of the worst offenders in my opinion.

[ConservativeMind]

I’d say “C” is the worst. It’s ugly and you can do everything bad to your computer you’d desire.

[Lazamataz]

The petition, entered on the site March 16, 2016, asks the government to, "Outlaw programming languages that threaten the safety of the American people and work counter to our way of life."

Duh. That is EVERY computer programming language. EVERY ONE OF THEM.

Much like a gun, it is not the tool, it is the evil intent of a bad guy.

[NCjim]

Just ban crappy programmers.

[Rurudyne]

No delegated power given the federal to ban any domestically grown, produced or manufactured good.

[867V309]

1. Install NoScript; enable scripting only when you totally trust the site
2. Disable Flash
3. Disable Java
4. Disable HTML in email, read all email as plain text.
5. Don't open any email attachment unless you already know what it is
6. Don't run any executable unless it if from a source you'd trust your computers life with. Because you are.

[Vic S]

LISP is the only pure language, ban everything else. Especially Smalltalk and Ada.
/s

[lafroste]

Whatever happened to PHP, MySQL, and Apache? I knew those. Now I feel old.

[ClearCase_guy]

If we are getting rid of languages, can Spanish be next?

[dfwgator]

Now we’ve reached the point that we are developing new languages that ultimately get converted to Javascript, like TypeScript for Angular 2.

[soycd]

All processors have an instruction set built in. What layer you are removed from it is immaterial except that some morons have learned how to manipulate the higher levels.

If you don’t know how to program in machine code, assembler or even C. you are just script kitties.

What is needed is cutting the nuts off those that harm innocents.

[FredZarguna]

Geeziz. This site used to be the stompin' grounds for gold ol' red-blooded 'Merican boys.

Ban programming languages? Programming languages? Seriously?

Tear off the front panel and single step every program by flipping the switches corresponding to the machine instructions. On the older models, turn core with an alnico magnet. You get good enough at it, you can run stuff at least as fast as them new-fangled sissified punch cards.

Programming languages? Wow. What a bunch of girly men are loose in this joint these days.

[Arthur McGowan]

A threat to our way of life? How about Spanish and Arabic?

[BereanBrain]

For the computer literate, SUN relabeled Pascal, and called it JAVA, then screwed it up.

FACT. Deal with it.

[Company Man]

Real programmers copy con program.exe

[IronJack]

Yah, the government is going to outlaw Java. There are probably only a few billion lines of it out there, running everything from your ATMs to your hair dryer.

Get real.

[douginthearmy]

Anyone who spends too much time getting bent out of shape about a programming language probably spends most of their time at work dicking around on the internet. That said, I do have my preferences, but very often it is based on the situation. It may not be universal but my experience is that “language of choice” advocates tend to suck in other languages rather than other languages sucking.