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annotate dedication.roff @ 136:470d5db0c06c

Minor rework.
author markus schnalke <meillo@marmaro.de>
date Wed, 04 Jul 2012 12:07:31 +0200
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meillo@0 11 The UNIX Programming Environment:
meillo@51 12 Instead, what makes it (the UNIX system) effective is an approach
meillo@0 13 to programming, a philosophy of using the computer. Although
meillo@0 14 that philosophy can't be written down in a single sentence, at
meillo@0 15 its heart is the idea that the power of a system comes more from
meillo@0 16 the relationship among programs than from the programs themselves.
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meillo@65 18 At the heart of the \f(ICunix\fI philosophy is the idea that
meillo@0 19 the power of a system comes more from the relationship
meillo@0 20 among programs than from the programs themselves.
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meillo@0 22 \(em Brian W. Kernighan and Rob Pike \(em
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meillo@65 25 As computing scientists we know that in our area,
meillo@65 26 perhaps more than everywhere else, mathematical
meillo@65 27 elegance is not a dispensable luxury but decides
meillo@65 28 between success and failure.
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meillo@65 30 \(em Edsger W. Dijkstra \(em
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