GENERAL
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It is a very sad thing that nowadays there is so little useless information. 
--> Oscar Wilde  
 
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                                         About .....

                                      1. Author 
That writer does the most, who gives his reader the most knowledge, and takes from him the least time. 
--> In: M. Mazzoni : Fiori e glorie della letteratura inglese, Milano, 1844, Part II, p. 68 

Antreas P. Hatzipolakis
I studied Advanced Mathematics at the school of the sea.
--> Odysseus Elytes (Greek poet; Nobel Prize 1979) 

Snail mail:
Anopolis, Sfakia, Crete. 730 11 GREECE     
                             *or*
81 Patmou St.,  Athens. 111 44 GREECE
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e-mail:
xpolakis@prometheus.hol.gr

(...)  X is the sacred symbol of ten dollars, and in such words as Xmas, Xn, etc., stands for Christ, not, as is popular supposed, because it represents a cross, but because the corresponding letter in the Greek alphabet is the initial of his name: Xristos. (...) 
--> Ambrose Bierce : The Devil's Dictionary (1911) 

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English speaking:
Even if you do learn to speak correct English, whom are you going to speak it to?
--> Clarence Darrow

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Tourist: Do you speak English?
Greek tavern owner: koutsospeak...!

(Explanation: 
Koutsos (adj.) = lame, crippled
Composition example: koutsos + pino [= drink] = koutsopino = I drink little by little.)
--> Greek anecdote 

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                                         2. Doc 
The four French C's for a nice speech/text: 
Court, Complet, Concis, Clair.
--> ? (From a Greek newspaper)

ORGANIZATION:
-Heaven is where the police are British, the cooks French, the mechanics German, the lovers Greeks, the drinkers Australian and it’s all organised by the Swiss. 
-Hell is where the cooks are British, the mechanics French, the drinkers Swiss, the police German, the lovers Australian and it’s all organised by the Greeks.
 
--> ? (From: ProQuotes 2.2s by Greg Olson-Hyde) 
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COPYRIGHT:
CLOPYRIGHT : Greek play on word.
(Clop-e = theft, stealing)

©1995 - 1996 by Antreas P. Hatzipolakis

TYPE:
Timeo Danaos et dona ferentes. 
(I fear the Greeks even when bearing gifts) 
[As proverbial stereotype: Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.]
--> Virgil, The Aineid 2.46

Freeware
Restrictions: unmodified in any way;  for any non-profit use.

WARRANTY:
A memorandum is written not to inform the reader, but to protect the writer.
--> Dean Acheson

provided  as is without any warranty

ERRORS:
Quandoque bonus dormitat Homerus.
(Even the worthy Homer some times nods)
--> Horace: De Arte Poetica

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QUOTATIONS:
I hate quotations.
--> Ralph Waldo Emerson

Sources:
1. My own colection
2. Bibliographic Sources:

It is a good thing for an uneducated man to read books of quotations.
--> Winston Churchill

    21. R. E. Moritz : Memorabilia Mathematica. The Math. Association of America. [1993] (1st ed. 1914)
    22. J. R. Newman : Volume 1-2-3-4 of The World of Mathematics. Simon and Schuster, New York 1956.
    23. C. T. Ramage : Beautiful Thoughts from Greek Authors. 2nd ed. London 1895 
    24. R. Schmalz : Out of the Mouths of Mathematicians. The Math. Association of America. 1993 
3. Internetographic Sources:
    31. Books:
J. Bartlett : Familiar Quotations (...) 9th ed. Boston, Little, Brown, and Company, 1901. In:
http://www.cc.columbia.edu/acis/bartleby/bartlett/
    32. Lists:
http://www.yahoo.com/Reference/Quotations/
http://www.trg2.saic.com/~jeff/sw/quotations.html
    33. Files (Quotation programs): 
File Searcher keywords: cookie, fortune, quotation, quote: 
http://vsl.cnet.com/

DOC MAKER® REGISTRATION:
The 4 S's criteria for choosing Macintosh shareware: Stable, Standard, Simple, Share.
--> B. Brant : Bob Brant's Best of Macintosh Shareware. Windcrest, USA 1993, p. 74

Registered User  #2567

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                               3. Language entries 

The color of the language name :  Blue  =  The lang. name is etymologized (ETYM. LEXICON )

NAME(S): 
The most important thing in the programming language is the name. A language will not succeed without a good name. I have recently invented a very good name and now I am looking for a suitable language.  
--> Donald E. Knuth

application name / package name / archived file name etc.

VERSION(S) - UPDATE(S): 
All new: The software is not compatible with previous versions.
--> ?

language current version *or* latest (MPW, TC, etc.) version   - release date (US format: mm-dd-yy)
Underline style of  UPDATE(S)   =  The language is updated (*or* added) since previous doc version.                         

README:
Your manuscript is both good and original;
but the part that is good is not original,
and the part that is original is not good.
--> Samuel Johnson

description from the lang(uage) doc(umentation) (*or* from another source)

AUTHOR(S):
Technology is dominated by two types of people: those who understand what they do not manage, and those who manage what they do not understand.
--> ?

name(s) of the language author(s)
    
COPYRIGHT:
(c)  ...............

TYPE:
This is a shareware quote. Send $5 if you use it, send $10 for manual.
--> ?

Software type: 
Freeware (the restrictions are not mentioned) 
Shareware (the fees are mentioned)

INTERNET SITES:
As you set out for Ithaka
hope the voyage is a long one,
full of adventure, full of discovery.
--> C. P. Cavafy, Ithaca (transl. : Edmund Keely and Philip Sherrard)

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