No amount of source-level verification or scrutiny will protect you from using untrusted code.

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

I also have an idea for a book on biodiversity, and why and how we should be conserving it.

When in doubt, use brute force.

You can't trust code that you did not totally create yourself.

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.

The X server has to be the biggest program I've ever seen that doesn't do anything for you.