Mercurial > docs > master

annotate dedication.roff @ 234:eba3744fb238

Find changesets by keywords (author, files, the commit message), revision number or hash, or revset expression.
Added my set of helper scripts. Removes the spell makefile target as it was not use{d,ful} anyway. Btw: I should have ran script/doubles before I printed the document. :-/
author markus schnalke <meillo@marmaro.de>
date Mon, 16 Jul 2012 11:23:30 +0200
parents 25d05add0d97
children
Ignore whitespace changes - Everywhere: Within whitespace: At end of lines:
rev   line source
0
dc2bfef4cda7 Initial commit: Basic structure, macros and fonts.
markus schnalke <meillo@marmaro.de>
parents:
diff changeset
1 .bp
44
18e56d609fbf style: Replaced an ugly hack with a less ugly hack. ;-)
markus schnalke <meillo@marmaro.de>
parents: 15
diff changeset
2 .rs
0
dc2bfef4cda7 Initial commit: Basic structure, macros and fonts.
markus schnalke <meillo@marmaro.de>
parents:
diff changeset
3 .if e .bp
dc2bfef4cda7 Initial commit: Basic structure, macros and fonts.
markus schnalke <meillo@marmaro.de>
parents:
diff changeset
4 .rs
dc2bfef4cda7 Initial commit: Basic structure, macros and fonts.
markus schnalke <meillo@marmaro.de>
parents:
diff changeset
5 .ps 12
dc2bfef4cda7 Initial commit: Basic structure, macros and fonts.
markus schnalke <meillo@marmaro.de>
parents:
diff changeset
6 .vs 14
163
0628571d32d7 dedication: Keep only the quote by Dijkstra.
markus schnalke <meillo@marmaro.de>
parents: 144
diff changeset
7 .sp 2.5i
0628571d32d7 dedication: Keep only the quote by Dijkstra.
markus schnalke <meillo@marmaro.de>
parents: 144
diff changeset
8 .\" sp 4c
0
dc2bfef4cda7 Initial commit: Basic structure, macros and fonts.
markus schnalke <meillo@marmaro.de>
parents:
diff changeset
9 .ft I
dc2bfef4cda7 Initial commit: Basic structure, macros and fonts.
markus schnalke <meillo@marmaro.de>
parents:
diff changeset
10 .ce 99
dc2bfef4cda7 Initial commit: Basic structure, macros and fonts.
markus schnalke <meillo@marmaro.de>
parents:
diff changeset
11 .ig
144
335f011e8271 dedication: I guess I need to have three quotes ...
markus schnalke <meillo@marmaro.de>
parents: 65
diff changeset
12 Instead, what makes it (the UNIX system) effective is an approach
335f011e8271 dedication: I guess I need to have three quotes ...
markus schnalke <meillo@marmaro.de>
parents: 65
diff changeset
13 to programming, a philosophy of using the computer. Although
335f011e8271 dedication: I guess I need to have three quotes ...
markus schnalke <meillo@marmaro.de>
parents: 65
diff changeset
14 that philosophy can't be written down in a single sentence, at
335f011e8271 dedication: I guess I need to have three quotes ...
markus schnalke <meillo@marmaro.de>
parents: 65
diff changeset
15 its heart is the idea that the power of a system comes more from
335f011e8271 dedication: I guess I need to have three quotes ...
markus schnalke <meillo@marmaro.de>
parents: 65
diff changeset
16 the relationship among programs than from the programs themselves.
335f011e8271 dedication: I guess I need to have three quotes ...
markus schnalke <meillo@marmaro.de>
parents: 65
diff changeset
17 .\" The UNIX Programming Environment, p. viii
0
dc2bfef4cda7 Initial commit: Basic structure, macros and fonts.
markus schnalke <meillo@marmaro.de>
parents:
diff changeset
18 ..
163
0628571d32d7 dedication: Keep only the quote by Dijkstra.
markus schnalke <meillo@marmaro.de>
parents: 144
diff changeset
19 .ig
144
335f011e8271 dedication: I guess I need to have three quotes ...
markus schnalke <meillo@marmaro.de>
parents: 65
diff changeset
20 At the heart of the \f(ICUnix\fI philosophy is the idea that
0
dc2bfef4cda7 Initial commit: Basic structure, macros and fonts.
markus schnalke <meillo@marmaro.de>
parents:
diff changeset
21 the power of a system comes more from the relationship
dc2bfef4cda7 Initial commit: Basic structure, macros and fonts.
markus schnalke <meillo@marmaro.de>
parents:
diff changeset
22 among programs than from the programs themselves.
144
335f011e8271 dedication: I guess I need to have three quotes ...
markus schnalke <meillo@marmaro.de>
parents: 65
diff changeset
23 .\" freely rearranged
0
dc2bfef4cda7 Initial commit: Basic structure, macros and fonts.
markus schnalke <meillo@marmaro.de>
parents:
diff changeset
24 .sp
dc2bfef4cda7 Initial commit: Basic structure, macros and fonts.
markus schnalke <meillo@marmaro.de>
parents:
diff changeset
25 \(em Brian W. Kernighan and Rob Pike \(em
163
0628571d32d7 dedication: Keep only the quote by Dijkstra.
markus schnalke <meillo@marmaro.de>
parents: 144
diff changeset
26 .sp 3
0628571d32d7 dedication: Keep only the quote by Dijkstra.
markus schnalke <meillo@marmaro.de>
parents: 144
diff changeset
27 ..
144
335f011e8271 dedication: I guess I need to have three quotes ...
markus schnalke <meillo@marmaro.de>
parents: 65
diff changeset
28
335f011e8271 dedication: I guess I need to have three quotes ...
markus schnalke <meillo@marmaro.de>
parents: 65
diff changeset
29
65
c8a760de091d dedication: Maybe I should print the quote of Dijkstra too.
markus schnalke <meillo@marmaro.de>
parents: 51
diff changeset
30 .ig
c8a760de091d dedication: Maybe I should print the quote of Dijkstra too.
markus schnalke <meillo@marmaro.de>
parents: 51
diff changeset
31 As computing scientists we know that in our area,
144
335f011e8271 dedication: I guess I need to have three quotes ...
markus schnalke <meillo@marmaro.de>
parents: 65
diff changeset
32 perhaps more than everywhere else,
335f011e8271 dedication: I guess I need to have three quotes ...
markus schnalke <meillo@marmaro.de>
parents: 65
diff changeset
33 mathematical elegance is not a dispensable luxury
335f011e8271 dedication: I guess I need to have three quotes ...
markus schnalke <meillo@marmaro.de>
parents: 65
diff changeset
34 but decides between success and failure.
335f011e8271 dedication: I guess I need to have three quotes ...
markus schnalke <meillo@marmaro.de>
parents: 65
diff changeset
35 .\" EWD 896
335f011e8271 dedication: I guess I need to have three quotes ...
markus schnalke <meillo@marmaro.de>
parents: 65
diff changeset
36 ..
335f011e8271 dedication: I guess I need to have three quotes ...
markus schnalke <meillo@marmaro.de>
parents: 65
diff changeset
37 How do we convince people that in programming
163
0628571d32d7 dedication: Keep only the quote by Dijkstra.
markus schnalke <meillo@marmaro.de>
parents: 144
diff changeset
38 simplicity and clarity \(en in short: what mathematicians
0628571d32d7 dedication: Keep only the quote by Dijkstra.
markus schnalke <meillo@marmaro.de>
parents: 144
diff changeset
39 call ``elegance'' \(en are not a dispensable luxury, but a
144
335f011e8271 dedication: I guess I need to have three quotes ...
markus schnalke <meillo@marmaro.de>
parents: 65
diff changeset
40 crucial matter that decides between success and failure?
335f011e8271 dedication: I guess I need to have three quotes ...
markus schnalke <meillo@marmaro.de>
parents: 65
diff changeset
41 .\" EWD 648
65
c8a760de091d dedication: Maybe I should print the quote of Dijkstra too.
markus schnalke <meillo@marmaro.de>
parents: 51
diff changeset
42 .sp
c8a760de091d dedication: Maybe I should print the quote of Dijkstra too.
markus schnalke <meillo@marmaro.de>
parents: 51
diff changeset
43 \(em Edsger W. Dijkstra \(em
176
25d05add0d97 Mentioned the source of the Dijkstra quote and fixed the ref system.
markus schnalke <meillo@marmaro.de>
parents: 163
diff changeset
44 .Id dijkstra
144
335f011e8271 dedication: I guess I need to have three quotes ...
markus schnalke <meillo@marmaro.de>
parents: 65
diff changeset
45
335f011e8271 dedication: I guess I need to have three quotes ...
markus schnalke <meillo@marmaro.de>
parents: 65
diff changeset
46
163
0628571d32d7 dedication: Keep only the quote by Dijkstra.
markus schnalke <meillo@marmaro.de>
parents: 144
diff changeset
47 .ig
144
335f011e8271 dedication: I guess I need to have three quotes ...
markus schnalke <meillo@marmaro.de>
parents: 65
diff changeset
48 .sp 3
335f011e8271 dedication: I guess I need to have three quotes ...
markus schnalke <meillo@marmaro.de>
parents: 65
diff changeset
49 Open your mind to the past \(en art, history, philosophy.
335f011e8271 dedication: I guess I need to have three quotes ...
markus schnalke <meillo@marmaro.de>
parents: 65
diff changeset
50 And all this may mean something.
335f011e8271 dedication: I guess I need to have three quotes ...
markus schnalke <meillo@marmaro.de>
parents: 65
diff changeset
51 .\" Star Trek, TNG, 2x17 ``Samaritan Snare''
335f011e8271 dedication: I guess I need to have three quotes ...
markus schnalke <meillo@marmaro.de>
parents: 65
diff changeset
52 .sp
335f011e8271 dedication: I guess I need to have three quotes ...
markus schnalke <meillo@marmaro.de>
parents: 65
diff changeset
53 \(em Jean-Luc Picard \(em
163
0628571d32d7 dedication: Keep only the quote by Dijkstra.
markus schnalke <meillo@marmaro.de>
parents: 144
diff changeset
54 ..
144
335f011e8271 dedication: I guess I need to have three quotes ...
markus schnalke <meillo@marmaro.de>
parents: 65
diff changeset
55
0
dc2bfef4cda7 Initial commit: Basic structure, macros and fonts.
markus schnalke <meillo@marmaro.de>
parents:
diff changeset
56 .ce 0