Quote of the day
What we observe is not nature itself but nature exposed to our method of questioning. Our scientific work in physics consists in asking questions about nature in the language that we possess and trying to get an answer from experiment by the means that are at our disposal.
P. J. Plauger

Born: January 13, 1944 (age 81)
Bio: Phillip James Plauger is an author, entrepreneur and computer programmer. He has written and co-written articles and books about programming style, software tools, and the C programming language, as well as works of science fiction.
Known for:
- The Standard C Library (1992)
- The Elements of Programming Style (1974)
- The Draft Standard C++ Library (1995)
- Standard C: Programmer's Quick Reference (1989)