I take time to watch anime. I don't know whether I'm allowed to, but I do it anyway.

When's the last time you used duct tape on a duct?

It won't be covered in the book. The source code has to be useful for something, after all.

We don't have enough parallel universes to allow all uses of all junction types - in the absence of quantum computing the combinatorics are not in our favor.

Think of prototypes as a funny markup language--the interpretation is left up to the rendering engine.

So please don't think I have a 'down' on the MVS people. I'm just pulling off their arms to beat other people over the head with.

It's easier to make up sayings people like to hear than sayings they like to heed.