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11 The UNIX Programming Environment:
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12 Instead, what makes it (the UNIX system) effective is an approach
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13 to programming, a philosophy of using the computer. Although
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14 that philosophy can't be written down in a single sentence, at
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15 its heart is the idea that the power of a system comes more from
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16 the relationship among programs than from the programs themselves.
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18 At the heart of the \f(ICunix\fI philosophy is the idea that
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19 the power of a system comes more from the relationship
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20 among programs than from the programs themselves.
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22 \(em Brian W. Kernighan and Rob Pike \(em
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25 As computing scientists we know that in our area,
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26 perhaps more than everywhere else, mathematical
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27 elegance is not a dispensable luxury but decides
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28 between success and failure.
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