Every program has (at least) two purposes: the one for which it was written and another for which it wasn't.

Any noun can be verbed.

Because of its vitality, the computing field is always in desperate need of new cliches: Banality soothes our nerves.

In computing, turning the obvious into the useful is a living definition of the word "frustration".

In software systems it is often the early bird that makes the worm.

Adapting old programs to fit new machines usually means adapting new machines to behave like old ones.

A programming language is low level when its programs require attention to the irrelevant.