You can recognize truth by its beauty and simplicity. When you get it right, it is obvious that it is right. -- Richard Feynman
A tail call allows a function to return the result of another function without leaving an entry on the stack. Tail recursion is a specific case of tail calling. -- ASPN : Python Cookbook : Explicit Tail Call
Since programmers create programs out of nothing, imagination is our only limitation. Thus, in the world of programming, the hero is the one who has great vision. Paul Graham is one of our contemporary heroes. He has the ability to embrace the vision, and to express it plainly. His works are my favorites, especially the ones describing language design. He explains secrets of programming, languages, and human nature that can only be learned from the hacker experience. This book shows you his great vision, and tells you the truth about the nature of hacking. -- Yukihiro "Matz" Matsumoto, creator of Ruby
The important thing is not to stop questioning. -- Albert Einstein
It's easier to ask forgiveness than it is to get permission. -- Rear Admiral Dr. Grace Hopper
A designer knows he has arrived at perfection not when there is no longuer anything to add, but when there is no longuer anything to take away. -- Antoine de St Exupery.
You take your life in your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing, no one to blame. –Erica Jong
I find that when you have a real interest in life and a curious life, that sleep is not the most important thing. ~Martha Stewart
Our greatest fear should not be of failure but of succeeding at things in life that don’t really matter. ~Francis Chan
Whatever the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve. –Napoleon Hill