http://maple-news.com/2008/05/25/the-relation-between-beards-and-the-succes-of-programming-languages/
Lets see how successful are a few programming languages.
The F# Language.
This is its creator, Don Syme. He doesnât have a beard, which means his Programming language wonât be a big success.
Next- Prolog.
Look at Alain Colmerauerâs face. No beard – no success!
Now, C.
Ken Thompson, Brian Kernighan and Dennis Ritchie all have a beard (more or less 
) and as we all know C is one of the most succssesful programming languages.
C++
C++ is still one of the most popular programming languages – but it is getting more and more unpopular. Lets see why:
So, why does this happen?
Look at Bjarne Stroustrupâs face – now and then:
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Basic:
Basic was once one of the most popular programming languages – but today it is very unpopular. Do you ask why? Here is the answer – Thomas Eugene Kurtzâs (the creator) beard of course!
Then: 
Now:
Perl
Perl is still a pretty common programming language.
Larry Wall – Good Job!
Python and Ruby.
Recently these two programming languages became very popular. You obviously know whyâŚ
Guido van Rossum (python) 
And Yukihiro âMatzâ Matsumoto (Ruby) 
Last, but not least- Java
Look at James Goslingâs beard. Did anyone say a picture can say more then a 1000 words?
And there are many moreâŚ
Enjoy!
