If programming languages were cars...

I can't help but love this one: <i>"Lisp looks like a car, but with enough tweaking you can turn it into a pretty effective airplane or submarine."</i> :)

Ruby guesses where you want to go and drives you there. It's right about 85% of the time, and when it's wrong, the drive is still quite pleasant.

This is the most accurate language comparison I've seen on the Internet.