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In his book titled "Quick C", Al Stevens gives us a quick rundown on the origin, purpose and usefulness of so many programming languages.
COBOL was designed so that managers could read code. BASIC wa...
In his college days, Dan Quayle was not all that smart.
Once, he stayed up all night, simply studying for a blood test....
In his errors a man is true to type. Observe the errors and you will know the man.
-- Confucius -- Analects, IV.7...
In his house he had a large looking-glass, before which he would stand and go through his exercises.
-- Plutarch (46-120 AD) -- Life of Demosthene...
In his old lunes again. -- William Shakespeare (1564-1616), The Merry Wives of Windsor -- Act iv, Sc.
2...
In his owen grese I made him frie. -- Geoffrey Chaucer (1328-1400) -- The Reves Tale, Line 6069
In his private heart no man much respects himself. -- Mark Twai
In hollow murmurs died away. -- William Collins (1720-1756) -- The Passions, Line 68
In Hollywood a starlet is the name for any woman under thirty who is not actively employed in a brothel.
-- Ben Hech...
In hope to merit heaven by making earth a hell.
-- Lord Byron (1788-1824) -- Childe Harold's Pilgrimage, Canto i, Stanza 20...

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