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| author | markus schnalke <meillo@marmaro.de> |
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| date | Sat, 02 Jun 2012 10:32:26 +0200 |
| parents | 49cf68506b5d |
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11 The UNIX Programming Environment:
12 Instead, what makes it (the UNIX system) effective is an approach
13 to programming, a philosophy of using the computer. Although
14 that philosophy can't be written down in a single sentence, at
15 its heart is the idea that the power of a system comes more from
16 the relationship among programs than from the programs themselves.
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18 At the heart of the \f(ICunix\fI philosophy is the idea that
19 the power of a system comes more from the relationship
20 among programs than from the programs themselves.
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22 \(em Brian W. Kernighan and Rob Pike \(em
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25 As computing scientists we know that in our area,
26 perhaps more than everywhere else, mathematical
27 elegance is not a dispensable luxury but decides
28 between success and failure.
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30 \(em Edsger W. Dijkstra \(em
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