FORTRAN was the language of choice for the same reason that three-legged races are popular.

The average gardener probably knows little about what is going on in his or her garden.

It is only the inadequacy of the criminal code that saves the hackers from very serious prosecution.

For most of that time, I've also been a keen gardener, but for many years I failed to make the connection between gardening and science.

In fact, we started off with two or three different shells and the shell had life of its own.

The steady state of disks is full.

I view Linux as something that's not Microsoft - a backlash against Microsoft, no more and no less.