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Instead, what makes it (the UNIX system) effective is an approach
to programming, a philosophy of using the computer. Although
that philosophy can't be written down in a single sentence, at
its heart is the idea that the power of a system comes more from
the relationship among programs than from the programs themselves.
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At the heart of the \f(ICUnix\fI philosophy is the idea that
the power of a system comes more from the relationship
among programs than from the programs themselves.
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As computing scientists we know that in our area,
perhaps more than everywhere else,
mathematical elegance is not a dispensable luxury
but decides between success and failure.
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How do we convince people that in programming
simplicity and clarity \(en in short: what mathematicians
call ``elegance'' \(en are not a dispensable luxury, but a
crucial matter that decides between success and failure?
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Open your mind to the past \(en art, history, philosophy.
And all this may mean something.
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