When writing gateway software of any kind, take pains to disturb the data stream as little as possible - and never throw away information unless the recipient forces you to!
That stupid people are more violent is a fact independent of skin color.
Good programmers know what to write. Great ones know what to rewrite (and reuse)
The workstation-class machines built by Sun and others opened up new worlds for hackers.
Why the hell hasn't wxPython become the standard GUI for Python yet?
Of course, C proved indispensible to the developers of all its alternatives. Dig down through enough implementation layers under any of the other languages surveyed here and you will find a core implemented in pure, portable C