Big Bang Rewrite

The more I C, the less I see.
Further reading without links yet

That’s what’s cool about working with computers.  They don’t argue, they remember everything, and they don’t drink all your beer.
 		   -- Paul Leary
Further reading with links now

It has been said that the great scientific disciplines are examples of giants standing on the shoulders of other giants.  It has also been said that the software industry is an example of midgets standing on the toes of other midgets.
		-- Alan Cooper