This is the new Spring 2014 Site!

Class will be in Patrick Taylor 3129 (formerly known as CEBA)

Summary

How do you expect to succeed if you do not know the rules? - Anonymous Any fool can write code that a computer can understand. Good programmers write code that humans can understand. - Martin Fowler People who are really serious about software should make their own hardware - Alan Kay The best way to predict the future is to invent it - Alan Kay A change in perspective is worth 80 IQ points - Alan Kay Know the rules well, so you can break them effectively ― Dalai Lama XIV Learn the rules like a pro, so you can break them like an artist ― Pablo Picasso A language that doesn't affect the way you think about programming is not worth knowing. - Unix Fortune There ain't no rules around here. We are trying to accomplish something. - Thomas Edison College is a waystation - the last convenience store on the road to life-long responsibility. - Dennis Miller When in doubt, do something. - Harry Chapin "It's got to be the going not the getting there that's good." - "Greyhound," Heads and Tails (Hary Chapin) A university is what a college becomes when the faculty loses interest in students. - John Ciardi What is a university/college when the students lose interest? - Me "Not only is this incomprehensible, but the ink is ugly and the paper is from the wrong kind of tree." -- Professor W. 'Martyrdom' is the only way a person can become famous without ability. -- George Bernard Shaw The three principal virtues of a programmer are Laziness, Impatience, and Hubris. See the Camel Book for why. -- perldoc perl