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A language that doesn't affect the way you think about programming is
not worth knowing.
-- Alan Perlis
The best book on programming for the layman is "Alice in Wonderland";
but that's because it's the best book on anything for the layman.
Truth is the most valuable thing we have -- so let us economize it.
-- Mark Twain
Nothing is illegal if one hundred businessmen decide to do it.
-- Andrew Young
$100 invested at 7% interest for 100 years will become $100,000, at
which time it will be worth absolutely nothing.
-- Lazarus Long, "Time Enough for Love"
It is necessary for the welfare of society that genius should be
privileged to utter sedition, to blaspheme, to outrage good taste, to
corrupt the youthful mind, and generally to scandalize one's uncles.
-- George Bernard Shaw
Why can't you be a non-conformist like everyone else?
Ozman's Laws:
(1) If someone says he will do something "without fail," he
won't.
(2) The more people talk on the phone, the less money they
make.
(3) People who go to conferences are the ones who shouldn't.
(4) Pizza always burns the roof of your mouth.
Thursday, 12 February 2026 Michael J. Chappell Contact me at:
mcsuper5@freeshell.org