Related:

• Contrary to popular belief, penguins are not the salvation of modern technology.
  Neither do they throw parties for the urban proletariat....
• Contrary to popular belief, penguins are not the salvation of modern technology.
  Neither do they throw parties for the urban proletariat....
• . . . UNIX for the sake of the kingdom of heaven. -- Matthew 19:12 (?)
• Quote #124 `Do not use procedures; they are expensive'.
  -- -- from IBM's PL/I (F) documentation, circa 1966...
• Quote #435 Note that the manuals are out of date!
• Contrary to popular opinion, God's last name isn't Damn.
• Quote #12 "The nice thing about standards is that there are so many of them to choose from.
  -- Grace Murray Hopper [as quoted in the Unix Haters Handbook, p.10]...
• plat n. 1. Name used in many places (DEC, IBM, and others) for the asterisk (*) character (ASCII 0101010).
  This may derive from the `squashed-bug' appearance of the asterisk on many early line printers....