Gib dem Hungernden einen Fisch
und er wird einen Tag satt.
Lehre ihn fischen,
und er wird nie mehr hungern.
(chinesiches Sprichwort)
Give a man a fire
and he's warm for a day
but set him on fire
and he's warm for the rest of his life.
(Terry Pratchett)
No. 208 Ferengi rule of Acquisition: Sell someone a fish, you feed him for one day. Teach him to fish, and you lose a steady customer.
So long
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Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning.
-- Rich Cook