Wikipedia quotes

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• In Microsoft's Integrated Development Environment Visual C++, creating a new Dynamic-link library project will generate default code with a sample function that just returns 42.
• The first real distribution of SUSE Linux was numbered 4.2 in reference to 42.

(from Wikipedia on Hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy cultural references)

Comments

[sergei-d.livejournal.com]

Там же:

#if defined(__alpha__) && defined(CONFIG_PCI)
   /*
    * The meaning of life, the universe, and everything. Plus
    * this makes the year come out right.
    */
   year -= 42;
#endif