"Usenet is a strange place." - Dennis M. Ritchie, 29 July 1999.
There's something different about us -- different from people of Europe, Africa, Asia ... a deep and abiding belief in the Easter Bunny. -- G. Gordon Liddy
Welcome to the last year of the 20th century.
"The obvious mathematical breakthrough would be development of an easy way to factor large prime numbers." -- Bill Gates, "The Road Ahead".
Friends don't let friends void main().
"When in doubt, treat ``feature'' as a pejorative. (Think of a hundred-bladed Swiss army knife.)" --Kernighan and Plauger, _Software Tools_
"I ran it on my DeathStation 9000 and demons flew out of my nose." --Kaz
"What is appropriate for the master is not appropriate for the novice. You must understand the Tao before transcending structure." --The Tao of Programming
"You call this a *C* question? What the hell are you smoking?" --Kaz
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"Give me a couple of years and a large research grant, and I'll give you a receipt." --Richard Heathfield
John Hascall (__) Shut up, be happy. Software Engineer, ,------(oo) The conveniences you demanded Acropolis Project Manager, / |Moo U|\/ are now mandatory. ISU Academic IT * ||----|| -- Jello Biafra
(the above is from Iowa State Univerisity. The novel Moo by Jane Smiley is supposedly not about ISU, even though she was on the faculty at the time it was written, and is no longer on the faculty.)Ask not for whom the <control-G> tolls.
On Monday mornings I am dedicated to the proposition that all men are created jerks. -- H. Allen Smith, "Let the Crabgrass Grow"
What is algebra, exactly? Is it one of those three-cornered things? -- J.M. Barrie
LISP is worth learning for the profound enlightenment experience you will have when you finally get it; that experience will make you a better programmer for the rest of your days. -- Eric S. Raymond