Windows NT addresses 2 Gigabytes of RAM, which is more than any application will ever need. (Microsoft, on the development of Windows NT, 1992) The cheapest, fastest, and most reliable components are those that aren’t there. (Gordon Bell) Before software can be reusable it first has to be usable. (Ralph Johnson) Computers are like bikinis. They save people a lot of guesswork. (Sam Ewing) In C++ it’s harder to shoot yourself in the foot, but when you do, you blow off your whole leg. (Bjarne Stroustrup).