i-con-o-clast n. 1. One who destroys sacred images. 2. One who attacks and seeks to overthrow traditional or popular ideas or institutions. The American Heritage Dictionary Wordsmith An Element of Style Make definite assertions. Avoid tame, colorless, hesitating, non-committal language. Rule 12, William Strunk, Jr. Q: What is the shortest lie in computing? A: It works. On Programming: A bad day writing code in Scheme is better than a good day writing code in C. David Stigant More on Programming: Always code as if the guy who ends up maintaining your code will be a violent psychopath who knows where you live. John F. Woods Yet more on Programming: Programming is just another name for the lost art of thinking. Arctic Fidelity aka Aaron Hsu On Mutation and Programming: Assignment leads to mutation. Mutation leads to pointers. Pointers lead to suffering! Anton van Straaten On Teaching Programming: Wir sind froh, dass die Absolventen schon Java können. Programmieren müssen wir denen halt noch beibringen. overheard in a German firm, via Mike Sperber