Real Users
Real Users find the one combination of bizarre input values that shuts down the system for days.
Real Users hate Real Programmers.
Real Users know your home telephone number.
Real Users never use the Help key. Programming Languages
"Perl: The only language that looks the same before and after RSA encryption." ---precize@hotmail.com
C makes it easy to shoot yourself in the foot. C++ makes it harder, but when you do, it blows away your whole leg. ---Bjarne Stroustrup
If I hear the phrase ``everything is an object'' once more, I think I will scream. ---Michael Stonebraker
"The C Programming Language -- A language which combines the flexibility of assembly language with the power of assembly language."
COBOL programs are an exercise in Artificial Inelegance.
A computer without COBOL and FORTRAN is like a piece of chocolate cake without ketchup and mustard.
PASCAL: A programming language named after a man who would turn over in his grave if he knew about it.
The primary purpose of the DATA statement is to give names to constants; instead of referring to pi as 3.141592653589793 at every appearance, the variable PI can be given that value with a DATA statement and used instead of the longer form of the constant. This also simplifies modifying the program, should the value of pi change. ---FORTRAN manual for Xerox Computers
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