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• break-even point n. In the process of implementing a new computer language, the point at which the language is sufficiently effective that one can implement the language in itself.
  That is, for a new language called, hypothetically, FOOGOL, one has reached break-even when one can write a demonstration compiler for FOOGOL in FOOGOL, discard the original implementation language, and thereafter use working versions of FOOGOL to develop newer ones....
• The girl in the omnibus has one of those faces of marvellous beauty which are seen casually in the streets but never among one's friends.
  Where do these women come from? Who marries them? Who knows them?...
• break-even point: n. in the process of implementing a new computer language, the point at which the language is sufficiently effective that one can implement the language in itself.
  That is, for a new language called, hypothetically, FOOGOL, one has reached break-even when one can write a demonstration compiler for FOOGOL in FOOGOL, discard the original implementation language, and thereafter use working versions of FOOGOL to develop newer ones....
• Blessed is he who has reached the point of no return and knows it, for he shall enjoy living.
  -- W. C. Benne...
• Pittsburgh driver's test 2: A traffic light at an intersection changes from yellow to red, you should a) stop immediately.
  b) proceed slowly through the intersection. c) blow the horn....
• Never give a statist an even break. The State has never given us one. -- Andre Marrou
• BCPL // n. [abbreviation, `Basic Combined Programming Language') A programming language developed by Martin Richards in Cambridge in 1967.
  It is remarkable for its rich syntax, small size of compiler (it can be run in 16k) and extreme portability....
• It is better never to have been born. But who among us has such luck? One in a million, perhaps.