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author markus schnalke <meillo@marmaro.de>
date Thu, 05 Jul 2012 16:39:01 +0200
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meillo@144 7 .\" sp 2.5i
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meillo@144 12 Instead, what makes it (the UNIX system) effective is an approach
meillo@144 13 to programming, a philosophy of using the computer. Although
meillo@144 14 that philosophy can't be written down in a single sentence, at
meillo@144 15 its heart is the idea that the power of a system comes more from
meillo@144 16 the relationship among programs than from the programs themselves.
meillo@144 17 .\" The UNIX Programming Environment, p. viii
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meillo@144 19 At the heart of the \f(ICUnix\fI philosophy is the idea that
meillo@0 20 the power of a system comes more from the relationship
meillo@0 21 among programs than from the programs themselves.
meillo@144 22 .\" freely rearranged
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meillo@0 24 \(em Brian W. Kernighan and Rob Pike \(em
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meillo@65 29 As computing scientists we know that in our area,
meillo@144 30 perhaps more than everywhere else,
meillo@144 31 mathematical elegance is not a dispensable luxury
meillo@144 32 but decides between success and failure.
meillo@144 33 .\" EWD 896
meillo@144 34 ..
meillo@144 35 How do we convince people that in programming
meillo@144 36 simplicity and clarity \(enin short: what mathematicians
meillo@144 37 call ``elegance''\(en are not a dispensable luxury, but a
meillo@144 38 crucial matter that decides between success and failure?
meillo@144 39 .\" EWD 648
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meillo@65 41 \(em Edsger W. Dijkstra \(em
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meillo@144 45 Open your mind to the past \(en art, history, philosophy.
meillo@144 46 And all this may mean something.
meillo@144 47 .\" Star Trek, TNG, 2x17 ``Samaritan Snare''
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meillo@144 49 \(em Jean-Luc Picard \(em
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