Competitive/Collaborative Programming Class

What kind of programmer is so divorced from reality that she thinks she'll get complex software right the first time?
--James Alan Gardner
The most important property of a program is whether it accomplishes the intention of its user.
--C.A.R. Hoare
Know the rules well, so you can break them effectively
--Dalai Lama XIV
The personal computer isn't "personal" because it's small and portable and yours to own. It's "personal" because you pour yourself into it - your thoughts, your programming.
--Audrey Watters
Learn the rules like a pro, so you can break them like an artist
--Pablo Picasso
Happiness should be a function without any parameters.
--Pranshu Midha
It's got to be the going not the getting there that's good.
--Hary Chapin
How do you expect to succeed if you do not know the rules?
--Anonymous