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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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17 .\" The UNIX Programming Environment, p. viii
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20 At the heart of the \f(ICUnix\fI philosophy is the idea that
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21 the power of a system comes more from the relationship
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22 among programs than from the programs themselves.
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31 As computing scientists we know that in our area,
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32 perhaps more than everywhere else,
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33 mathematical elegance is not a dispensable luxury
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34 but decides between success and failure.
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38 simplicity and clarity \(en in short: what mathematicians
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