Being able to break security doesn't make you a hacker anymore than being able to hotwire cars makes you an automotive engineer.

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

If you treat your beta-testers as if they're your most valuable resource, they will respond by becoming your most valuable resource.

Good programmers know what to write. Great ones know what to rewrite (and reuse)

When I hear the words "social responsibility," I want to reach for my gun.

Computer science education cannot make anybody an expert programmer any more than studying brushes and pigment can make somebody an expert painter.

Free markets select for winning solutions.