Quotes of the week

Demos, the great God of demonstrations and examples. He preferred to teach other Gods, as opposed to humans. Usually he could be found skulking nearby or with API, the God of documentation.

Conf, the lesser known God of configurations and setups. He made sure that everything was well defined in a single place in a concise format, such as acceleration due to gravity, etc.

I guess that's why the GNU autoconf/configure system has always advised testing for particular wanted features, instead of looking at versions and then relying on carnal knowledge to know what those versions imply.