I must've started using the internet around 1996, amazing how they just keep on branching.

 Cool tricks with in the method-signature

"Wiser heads agree that the code clarity is more important."

Even wiser heads agree that code clarity and excellent performance are both important.

#!/usr/bin/ruby

module KDENotify

  def self.knotify title, msg
    system "dcop knotify default notify " +
           "eventname \'#{title}\' \'#{msg}\' '' '' 16 2"
  end

  Autotest.add_hook :red do |at|
    knotify "Tests failed", "#{at.files_to_test.size} tests failed"
  end

end

Public static void: gazillions of chunks of program code written in Java include that cryptic sequence. The words carry specific technical meaning. But I’ve always heard them as a bit of machine poetry, evoking the desolate limbo where software projects that begin with high spirits too often end up.

The Vista Content Protection specification could very well constitute the longest suicide note in history.

If Marriage Was Strongly Typed . . . December 19th, 2006 by J Wynia - If marriage was strongly typed, then asking my wife what time she's going to be home would return a timestamp. Similarly, asking if she'll be home for dinner would return a boolean.

Spezialisten spezialisieren sich immer weiter.
Sie wissen immer mehr über immer weniger.
Irgendwann wissen sie alles über nichts.

Generalisten bilden sich immer breiter fort.
Sie wissen immer weniger über immer mehr.
Irgendwann wissen sie nichts über alles.

There's nothing wrong with static type systems. You just have to realize that when you use them, you're building hardware, not software.

Performance optimization is a black art regardless of the language or platform.