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

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!

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

Release early. Release often. And listen to your customers.

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

Any tool should be useful in the expected way, but a truly great tool lends itself to uses you never expected.

Microsoft is not the problem. Microsoft is the symptom.