Computer Science quotes, 2007

04 February 2008 Link

Did you know that superior performers are typically 48% better than
their average counterparts.

Postgraduate Skills Programme

07 February 2008 Link

>        if(getDestination().equals(null))

Heh, well - what you're essentially doing is checking if there is a 60
foot drop one step in front of you by taking 2 steps forward and trying
to touch the floor behind you.

wd26 and cr228 on ukc.cs.courses.co520

29 February 2008 Link

data WildNonsense = No [(Man,Island)] (River->Mountain High) Int
    | Liverpool Lost On Saturday | Xfactor [Simon] (Cowell,Bool)
    | Full English Breakfast Has Lots Of Protein

Stefan Kahrs, in CO326 slides

03 April 2008 Link

Sometimes I have to be clairvoyant to be able to answer these questions!

I am going to suggest that you have got the parameters the wrong way
around in the constructor call. If I am right, I will have a go at
telling you the winner of this year's Grand National.

David Barnes on the CO520 Anonymous Questions page

03 April 2008 Link

Sorry, I can't do both assessments in parallel as I will deadlock. I'm
sure theres a formal proof of this too.

random student on the CO631 Anonymous Questions page

10 July 2008 Link

In Erlang, you have the problem that you have very good support for
debugging.

Claus Reinke

10 July 2008 Link

A lot of people think model-driven engineering is about using UML to
solve problems. UML *is* one of the problems.

Richard Paige

10 July 2008 Link

Professor of You Can't Cook Like That

Jon Timmis, brainstorming possible job titles