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

In OO, it's the data that is the "important" thing: you define the class which contains member data, and only incidentally contains code for manipulating the object. In FP, it's the code that's important: you define a function which contains code for working with the data, and only incidentally define what the data is. -- almkgor, on reddit

There is no reason for any individual to have a computer in his home. -- Ken Olson, President, Digital Equipment Corporation, 1977

To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment. -- Ralph Waldo Emerson

The most damaging phrase in the language is, It's always been done that way. -- Rear Admiral Grace Hopper

Rules of Optimization: Rule 1: Don’t do it. Rule 2 (for experts only): Don’t do it yet. -- M.A. Jackson

The road to success and the road to failure are almost exactly the same. ~Colin R. Davis

Whether you think you can or you think you can’t, you’re right. –Henry Ford

To be successful you must accept all challenges that come your way. You can’t just accept the ones you like. ~Mike Gafka

Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor. ~Truman Capote