My definition of an expert in any field is a person who knows enough about what's really going on to be scared.

—P. J. Plauger

About P. J. Plauger

Phillip James (P.J. or Bill) Plauger (; born January 13, 1944, Petersburg, West Virginia) 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.

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