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Further improvements of the discussion chapter. There's a bit more to come ... tomorrow.
author markus schnalke <meillo@marmaro.de>
date Sat, 14 Jul 2012 23:19:27 +0200 (2012-07-14)
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   1+ 2012-07-04 23:42  Bob                The Unix philosophy
   2  2365-05-15 02:17  "Jean-Luc Picard"  Good advice
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Date:    Wed, 04 Jul 2012 23:42:00 +0200
From:    Bob <bob@example.org>
To:      meillo@marmaro.de
Subject: The Unix philosophy

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The design of MH follows the Unix philosophy.

> At the heart of the Unix philosophy is the idea that
> the power of a system comes more from the relationship
> among programs than from the programs themselves.

        -- Brian W. Kernighan and Rob Pike
                ``The UNIX Programming Environment''
                        (quotation freely rearranged)
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Date:    Sat, 15 May 2365 02:17:00 +0000
From:    "Jean-Luc Picard" <captain@uss-enterprise>
To:      meillo@marmaro.de
Subject: Good advice

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Open your mind to the past -- art, history, philosophy.
And all this may mean something.
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What now? f(CBsendfP
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   2+ 2365-05-15 02:17  "Jean-Luc Picard"  Good advice
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   1  2012-07-04 23:42  Bob                The Unix philosophy
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   1  2012-07-12 08:23  To:"Jean-Luc Pica  Re: Good advice
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