You have to write for your audience. I would never write (1..5).map &'*2' in Java when I could write ListFactoryFactory.getListFactoryFromResource( new ResourceName('com.javax.magnitudes.integers'). setLowerBound(1).setUpperBound(5).setStep(1).applyFunctor( new Functor () { public void eval (x) { return x * 2; } })) I'm simplifying, of course, I've left out the security and logging wrappers. -- Reginald Braithwait

Good programmers use their brains, but good guidelines save us having to think out every case. -- Francis Glassborow

It is better to be quiet and thought a fool than to open your mouth and remove all doubt. -- WikiHow

A year spent in artificial intelligence is enough to make one believe in God. -- Alan J. Perlis (Epigrams in programming)

:nunmap can also be used outside of a monastery. -- Vim user manual

Acknowledging the negative doesn't mean sniveling [whining, complaining]; it means facing the truth and then moving on. -- George Leonard, Mastery.

I have been impressed with the urgency of doing. Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Being willing is not enough; we must do. –Leonardo da Vinci

Eighty percent of success is showing up. –Woody Allen

The question isn’t who is going to let me; it’s who is going to stop me. –Ayn Rand

You must expect great things of yourself before you can do them. ~Michael Jordan