{"id":15678,"date":"2018-04-03T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-04-03T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.toggl.com\/save-princess-8-programming-languages\/"},"modified":"2024-06-12T06:29:36","modified_gmt":"2024-06-12T06:29:36","slug":"save-princess-8-programming-languages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toggl.com\/blog\/save-princess-8-programming-languages","title":{"rendered":"How to Save the Princess in 8 Programming Languages [Comic]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You need to rescue the princess with code\u2013but sometimes your code doesn\u2019t work and the princess is a dragon and you\u2019re a fish. 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